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A town of 2,735.
Fayette Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $159K, 2.8 years of the Terre Haute metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, 532nd among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 79% of the country. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns.
Where Fayette Township beats most towns.
Where Fayette 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 Fayette Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 maps from 1950 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Fayette 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 Fayette Township.
19% of Fayette Township adults smoke cigarettes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 41% of adults have obesity in Fayette Township. Fayette Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Fayette Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fayette Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Vigo County School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 307 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Fayette Township has 146 jobs for its 960 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 526 in 2013 to 146.
Most working residents leave Fayette Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Fayette Township has lost 380 jobs, to 146 in 2023. Fayette Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Fayette Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fayette Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Fayette Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. 20% of Fayette Township residents are under 18. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Fayette Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 43.5 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 22% | 29% |
55% women, 45% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Fayette Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 57 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fayette Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fayette Township. Close and well known come first.
26 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park8 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
8 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum
8 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
21 mi MuseumMansfield Roller MillTurkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · Mansfield Roller Mill: Nyttend, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Fayette Township
About 5 of every 100 Fayette Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Fayette Township is one of twelve townships in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,731.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with Fayette Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Sugar Creek Township (C−) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Township | #532 | C− | A− | — | C | C− |
| Otter Creek Township | #486 | C | A− | — | C | C+ |
| Sugar Creek Township | #519 | C− | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Clinton Township | #512 | C | A | — | C+ | C− |
| St. Mary of the Woods | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tecumseh | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fayette Township, Otter Creek Township, Sugar Creek Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. St. Mary of the Woods and Tecumseh aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fayette Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fayette Township grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #532 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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−.
