Grant TownshipIN
A town of 3,156.
Is Grant Township a good place to live?
Grant Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $158K, 2.1 years of the Auburn area’s $74K median household income. It grades A− overall, 134th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 11% of residents are 65 or older in Grant Township, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns.
What makes Grant Township stand out
Where Grant Township beats most towns.
How Grant Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Grant Township is from typical.
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Moving to Grant Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grant 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 Grant Township.
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Grant Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grant Township’s public schools outperform 67% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb Co Ctl United School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is DeKalb High School, with 1,007 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 759 | B |
| DeKalb High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,007 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Grant Township is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Grant Township tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. 44% of adults have obesity in Grant Township.
| Grant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Grant Township
Grant Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Grant Township
Grant Township has about as many jobs (1,471) as working residents, but only 139 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,075 in 2013 to 1,471.
Most working residents leave Grant Township for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Grant Township grew to 1,471 in 2023, 396 more than in 2013. Grant Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes.
| Grant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $80,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grant Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum18 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
23 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
24 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
25 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory23 mi Stadium & arenaNorth Side High School GymPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Grant Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Grant Township
About 3 of every 100 Grant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Grant Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Grant Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,086, down from 3,245 at the 2010 census, and it contained 1,293 housing units.
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- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Elevation
- 892 ft
Grant Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Grant Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | #134 | A− | A+ | — | B+ | C |
| Union Township | #154 | A− | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Richland Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Smithfield Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
Richland Township and Smithfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Grant Township, Union Township, Richland Township and Smithfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Grant Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grant Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grant Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Grant Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #134 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and B+ for schools.
Is Grant 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+.