Eden TownshipIN
A town of 5,006.
Is Eden Township a good place to live?
Eden Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $434K for a typical one, or 5.1 years of the county’s $84K median household income. It grades A− overall, 150th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 81% of the country. On the plus side, its public schools beat 92% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. 39% of residents are under 18 in Eden Township, above both the Indiana town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On civic life, just 43 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse.
What makes Eden Township stand out
Where Eden Township beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Orchard View School | 1–8 | 39 |
| Honeyview School | 1–8 | 36 |
| Honeyville School | 1–8 | 36 |
Eden Township has grown 18% since 2010
4,231 counted in 2010 and 4,894 in 2020; an estimated 5,006 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Eden Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Eden Township is from typical.
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Moving to Eden Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eden 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 Eden Township.
Eden Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and draws workers from Fort Wayne and beyond.
About one in six working residents works right in Eden Township
3,123 jobs are based in Eden Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Eden Township for work: only 17% work in town. 2.9% of Eden Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Eden Township has added 592 jobs, to 3,123 in 2023.
| Eden Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Eden Township’s grade for schools is an A
Its A for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $434K.
One of its 12 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard View School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 39 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, more of Eden Township’s adults feel lonely
40% of adults feel lonely in Eden Township. Eden Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 25% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Eden Township.
| Eden Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 80% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Eden Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10.7% | 13% |
| More uninsured adults | 14% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Eden Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Eden Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Eden Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Eden Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Eden Township
About 1 of every 100 Eden Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Every workday, about 2,852 people come to Eden Township for work
Where Eden Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Eden Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Eden Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,894, up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units. The township has a large Amish and Mennonite population. According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English, while 79 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German). Eden Township was organized in 1832.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 919 ft
Eden Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Eden Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Township | #150 | A− | B | — | A | C− |
| Clearspring Township | #158 | A− | B+ | — | A | C− |
| Perry Township | #428 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Clinton Township | #265 | B | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Newbury Township | #31 | A+ | A− | — | A | C− |
Eden Township, Clearspring Township, Perry Township, Clinton Township and Newbury Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Eden Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Eden Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eden Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Eden Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #150 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and A for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Eden Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.