Delaware TownshipDelaware County, IN
A town of 3,500. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Delaware Township a good place to live?
Delaware Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $116K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Muncie metro’s $58K median household income. It grades A− overall, 140th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, its public schools beat 80% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. 30% of residents are 65 or older in Delaware Township, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Mike Kiley Forest Preserve, at 34 acres. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
What makes Delaware Township stand out
Where Delaware Township beats most towns.
92% of working residents leave Delaware Township for work
Where Delaware Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Delaware Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Delaware Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Delaware Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Delaware Township, and how to reach them.
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 Delaware Township.
Delaware Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and is healthier than Hamilton Township and its other neighbors, but it has little public open land.
Delaware Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its A− for schools comes with an A+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $116K.
Its public schools are run by Delaware Community School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 267 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Delaware Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Delaware Township for work: only 8% work in town. Delaware Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes. Jobs based in Delaware Township fell to 666 in 2023, 121 fewer than in 2013.
| Delaware Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.4% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Delaware Township
Delaware Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Delaware Township trails 65% of U.S. towns
Its C for health tops all 4 graded neighbors; Hamilton Township (C) comes closest.
Delaware Township beats the Indiana average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 28% of Delaware Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Delaware Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Delaware Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Delaware Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.2% of Delaware Township is conserved land
Just 37 of its 18,800 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Delaware Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mike Kiley Forest Preserve | — | 34 |
| 2. Albany Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Water Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Recovery and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Delaware Township. Close and well known come first.
28 mi MuseumFort Recovery
39 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
29 mi MuseumLevi Coffin House
8 mi GardenMinnetrista
9 mi MuseumDavid Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University
9 mi GardenChristy WoodsPhoto credits
Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Levi Coffin House: Nyttend, Public domain · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0 · David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University: Matt Ruddick, CC BY 1.0 · Christy Woods: Kcflood (talk), Public domain
Everything we know about Delaware Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Delaware Township
About 8 of every 100 Delaware Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Delaware Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Delaware Township is one of twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana. According to the 2010 census, its population was 3,481 and it contained 1,591 housing units.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 932 ft
Delaware Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Delaware Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | #140 | A− | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Niles Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C− |
| Liberty Township | #306 | B | A | — | A− | C− |
| Green Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Hamilton Township | #337 | B− | B | — | A− | C |
Niles Township and Green Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Delaware Township, Niles Township, Liberty Township, Green Township and Hamilton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Delaware Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Delaware Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Delaware Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Delaware Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #140 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and A− for schools.
Is Delaware 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+.