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Deer Creek TownshipMiami County, IN
This town in Indiana has a population of 3,538.
3 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Population
3,538
2025 Census estimate · −24.9% since 2020
Median home value
$138K
Census ACS
Household income
$42K
median
Median age
35.1
years
Jobs based here
312
A commuter town
TownGrade
C
#503 of 585 in IN
Is Deer Creek Township a good place to live?
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Its weakest is incomes (D−): the median household income is $42K, and nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. Overall, Deer Creek Township earns a C, which places it 503rd of 585 in Indiana. That leaves it better than 27% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is cost of living: a typical home costs about $138K, 2.3 years of the Peru area’s $61K median household income. On the outdoors, just 15 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Deer Creek Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
What makes Deer Creek Township stand out
Where Deer Creek Township beats most towns.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Deer Creek Township for work
Where Deer Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
312jobs based in Deer Creek Township
1%of working residents work in town
20 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Deer Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Deer Creek Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 88% of comparable towns) to D− for jobs and income (better than 5%), so the C overall blends very different results.
Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentD−Open →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →HealthAscension St. Vincent Kokomo 9.5 miles awayC−Open →Hazard riskInland flooding tops the listB+Open →SchoolsBehind 66% of Indiana districts on tests and graduationCOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.1 of 20; 2% of households have no car; 5.3% of workers walk, bike or ride transitB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
OutdoorsConserved land, trails and parksD−Open →HistoryGraded on historic places and the town’s ageC+Open →Civic life1.1 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsDOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Deer Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Deer Creek Township, and how to reach them.
PowerDuke Energy15.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterMaple Lawn Village water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet8 providers74% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Deer Creek Township’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereMiami County Voter RegistrationMiami County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP codes46914, 46901, 46959, 4693246914 71% · 46901 22% · 46959 3% · 46932 3%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Deer Creek Township.
Deer Creek Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Kokomo and beyond, but it has poverty well above the Indiana rate.
HealthC−
Deer Creek Township is less healthy than four in five U.S. towns
Against the 3,090 U.S. towns with household incomes like Deer Creek Township’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
For adults in Deer Creek Township, the share who feel lonely is 34%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Deer Creek Township beats Indiana on 1 and trails on 10. 21% of adults smoke cigarettes locally, against 17% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. Among adults locally, 44% have obesity and 40% sleep under 7 hours.
19%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
| Deer Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
32 measures vs. Indiana
1 better21 too close to call10 worse
| What stands out | Deer Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.4% | 8.4% |
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
In Kokomo · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
28th
percentile among IN towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, the median household income in Deer Creek Township is lower
Deer Creek Township has 312 jobs for its 1,299 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 797 in 2013 to 312.
Employers in Deer Creek Township shed 485 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 312. 1.4% of working residents work locally in the town, below both the Indiana town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). The typical journey to work for Deer Creek Township comes to 34 minutes.
1%work in town
| Deer Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $42,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Deer Creek Township1%
Kokomo19%
Peru7%
Indianapolis6%
Fort Wayne4%
20 mi
median commute distance
312
jobs based in Deer Creek Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Deer Creek Township’s year
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
21″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter21–36°
Spring40–61°
Summer61–82°
Fall43–64°
Oct 18
typical first frost
Apr 27
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+
Deer Creek Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The FEMA risk score in Deer Creek Township is 52 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 55% come from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes.
52risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingTornadoesCold waves
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Nearby attractions
All 50 attractions →Wabash and Erie Canal and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Deer Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal
38 mi State parkProphetstown State Park36 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach5 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
12 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
38 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum
38 mi State parkProphetstown State Park36 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach5 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum12 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame38 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation MuseumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Deer Creek Township
17pages on Deer Creek Township
The big questions
Out and about
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Deer Creek Township
About 4 of every 100 Deer Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Deer Creek Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Deer Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,658 (down from 4,839 at 2010) and it contained 691 housing units. The south quarter of the Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base is located in this township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Deer Creek Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Deer Creek Township.
Jackson TownshipClay TownshipPipe Creek TownshipDeer Creek Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Township | #503 | C | A | — | C | C− |
| Jackson Township | #325 | B | A | — | B | C− |
| Clay Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pipe Creek Township | #517 | C− | A− | — | C | D |
Deer Creek Township, Jackson Township and Pipe Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Clay Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Deer Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Deer Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Deer Creek Township, IN a good place to live?
Deer Creek Township grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #503 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Deer Creek Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.