Etna TownshipIN
A town of 1,504.
Is Etna Township a good place to live?
Etna Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for schools; its weakest is a C− for health. On cost of living, just 51 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 107 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. Etna Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Etna Township stand out
Where Etna Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove School | 1–8 | 37 |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
98% of working residents leave Etna Township for work
Where Etna Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Etna Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Etna Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Etna Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Etna 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 Etna Township.
On CDC estimates, Etna Township is less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns
Etna Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 21% of adults smoke cigarettes in Etna Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 20% of adults report frequent mental distress in Etna Township.
| Etna Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Etna Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.8% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 8.1% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 29.9% | 24.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 37 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Very low risk in Etna Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Etna Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Etna Township for work: only 2% work in town. Etna Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Etna Township grew to 330 in 2023, 180 more than in 2013.
| Etna Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Etna Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Etna Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Etna Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Etna Township
About 1 of every 100 Etna Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Etna Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Etna Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etna Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C− |
| Harrison Township | #177 | A− | A | — | B+ | C |
| Scott Township | — | — | B− | — | A+ | C− |
| Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Bourbon Township | #83 | A | A | — | A− | C− |
| Tippecanoe Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C− |
Etna Township, Scott Township, Prairie Township and Tippecanoe Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Etna Township, Harrison Township, Scott Township, Prairie Township, Bourbon Township and Tippecanoe Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Etna Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Etna Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Etna 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+.