Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 16,225.
Fall Creek Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $244K, 3.1 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 131st of 585 in Indiana. Fall Creek Township has 1 place on the National Register. 18% of residents are under 18 in Fall Creek Township, below both Indiana’s towns (23%) and U.S. towns (22%). The biggest place to walk is Falls Park, 70 acres with 1.3 miles of trail.
Where Fall Creek Township beats most towns.
Fall Creek Meeting House| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Pendleton Elementary School | PK–6 | 893 |
| Pendleton Heights Middle School | 7–8 | 730 |
| Pendleton Heights High School | 9–12 | 1,502 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Fall Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Fall 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 Fall Creek Township.
South Madison Com School Corp runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Pendleton Heights High School, with 1,502 students. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendleton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 893 | A− |
| Pendleton Heights High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,502 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Fall Creek Township. Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 18 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household income for Fall Creek Township comes to $91,000. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 13% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Fall Creek Township has added 915 jobs, to 7,000 in 2023. The share of workers in Fall Creek Township who work remotely from home: 16%.
| Fall Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Fall Creek Township at 16,225 residents, up 8.7% since 2020. Indiana has 30% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 26%. The town’s midpoint age is 41.7 years.
| Fall Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41.7 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 22% | 29% |
43% women, 57% men
About 134 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.2 points). Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 74% are men (IN 51%).
| Fall Creek Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA puts 61% of Fall Creek Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to tornadoes. Since 1992, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town. For Fall Creek Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 39 of 100.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 2.4 miles. The concentration of trails in Fall Creek Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Fall 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 | 0.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Falls Park | 1.3 mi | 70 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within Indiana it is healthier than 75% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Among adults in Fall Creek Township, 35% have obesity. For adults in the town, the share who report frequent physical distress is 13%.
| Fall Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Fall Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fall Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
28 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
25 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
16 mi MuseumConner Prairie
28 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
11 mi TheatreRuoff Music CenterLucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fall Creek Township
About 5 of every 100 Fall Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Fall Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 14,695 and it contained 4,570 housing units. It was named from its principal stream and waterfalls.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with Fall Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Township | #131 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Green Township | #187 | A− | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Adams Township | #178 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Anderson · Anderson Township | #563 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
| Ingalls | #128 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Pendleton | #87 | A | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Green Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Stony Creek Township | #153 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
Green Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fall Creek Township, Green Township, Adams Township, Ingalls, Pendleton, Green Township and Stony Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Anderson Township and Anderson are one community, graded once. Compare Fall Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Fall Creek Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #131 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
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+.
