Elkhart TownshipIN
A town of 2,040.
Is Elkhart Township a good place to live?
The best of Elkhart Township’s subject grades is a B for incomes; the weakest is a C− for health. Only 97 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on cost of living. Elkhart Township’s median age is 31.1 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 36 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score lower on civic life. Edna W. Spurgeon Woodland Reserve, at 67 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Elkhart Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Elkhart Township stand out
Where Elkhart Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Elkhart Township for work
Where Elkhart Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Elkhart Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Elkhart Township is from typical.
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Moving to Elkhart Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Elkhart 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 Elkhart Township.
On state tests, Elkhart Township’s schools trail 60% of Indiana districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Slope School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 110 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Elkhart Township is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
Elkhart Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 13% of Elkhart Township adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, above both Indiana’s towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). 23% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Elkhart Township.
| Elkhart Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Elkhart Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 12.9% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 57.5% | 61.2% |
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 83.6% | 85.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Elkhart Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Elkhart Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Elkhart Township has lost 179 jobs, to 506 in 2023. 5.7% of Elkhart Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Elkhart Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Elkhart Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Elkhart Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Elkhart 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
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edna W. Spurgeon Woodland Reserve | 1.2 mi | 67 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Elkhart Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Elkhart Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Elkhart Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Elkhart Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Elkhart Township is one of thirteen townships in Noble County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,062 (a tiny decrease of 2,065 from 2010) and it contained 742 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 892 ft
Elkhart Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Elkhart Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Perry Township | #428 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| York Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Orange Township | #415 | C+ | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Clearspring Township | #158 | A− | B+ | — | A | C− |
Elkhart Township and York Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Elkhart Township, Perry Township, York Township, Orange Township and Clearspring Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Elkhart Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Elkhart Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elkhart 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−.