Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Eagle Creek Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for incomes. 13% of residents are under 18 in Eagle Creek Township, below both the Indiana town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 9 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a higher median age than Eagle Creek Township. A typical home costs about $295K, 3.2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Grand Kankakee Marsh, at 1,841 acres with 2.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Eagle Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Eagle Creek Township beats most towns.
Where Eagle Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Eagle Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 647 in 1890, 1,719 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2019 and 4 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eagle Creek 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Eagle Creek Township.
Most working residents leave Eagle Creek Township for work: only 5% work in town. At 31 minutes, Eagle Creek Township’s average trip to work is against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 3% of residents live below the poverty line in Eagle Creek Township.
| Eagle Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana. 20% of Eagle Creek Township residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Eagle Creek Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 27.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eagle Creek Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Eagle Creek Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Eagle Creek Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Eagle Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Eagle Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Eagle Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grand Kankakee Marsh | 2.5 mi | 1,841 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eagle Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
16 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
39 mi MuseumKenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry1.5M visitors a year
38 mi Park & preserveJackson Park
38 mi LandmarkOak Woods Cemetery
29 mi MuseumMascot Hall of FameBarack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: zooey from Chicago, Illinois USA, CC BY 2.0 · Jackson Park: J. Crocker, Public domain · Oak Woods Cemetery: Unknown, Attribution · Mascot Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5
None within 15 miles of Eagle Creek Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Eagle Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Eagle Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,668 and it contained 709 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
7 towns share a border with Eagle Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C+ |
| Boone Township | #125 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Cedar Creek Township | #73 | A | A− | — | A | B |
| Winfield Township | #68 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Lincoln Township | #316 | B | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Shelby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keener Township | #121 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Center Township | #19 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
Eagle Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Eagle Creek Township, Boone Township, Cedar Creek Township, Winfield Township, Lincoln Township, Keener Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Shelby isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Eagle Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.
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