Green TownshipIN
A town of 7,932. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Green Township a good place to live?
Green Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $261K, 3.3 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 187th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On health, just 102 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Only 74 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history.
What makes Green Township stand out
Where Green Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Green Township for work
Where Green Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Green Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Green Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Green Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Green 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 Green Township.
Green Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and sends most of its workers to Indianapolis and beyond, but it has little public open land.
A larger share of workers work from home in Green Township than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
Green Township has 829 jobs for its 3,950 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.6 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
21% of workers work from home in Green Township, above both the Indiana town median (7.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%). Green Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Jobs based in Green Township grew to 829 in 2023, 365 more than in 2013.
| Green Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Green Township’s schools beat 73% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by South Madison Com School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Ridge Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 858 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Green Township
Green Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Green Township is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 86% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Green Township beats the Indiana average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 12% of adults report frequent physical distress in Green Township, against 15% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 11% of adults have diabetes in Green Township.
| Green Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Green Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Green Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Green Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More children than Indiana overall
Children under 18 are 30% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 11% of residents (17% statewide). Green Township has grown 9.5% since 2020, to 7,932 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Green Township is 36.8 years.
| Green Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.8 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.3 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Green Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.1% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Green Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 7 of its 15,303 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Green Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Summerlake Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lucas Oil Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
23 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
11 mi MuseumConner Prairie
21 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
6 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
23 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' MonumentPhoto credits
Lucas 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 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Green Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Green Township
About 2 of every 100 Green Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Green Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Green Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,537 and it contained 2,758 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
Green Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Green Township.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its A−; Stony Creek Township (A−) is closest. Fall Creek Township next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Green Township’s B+) and lower for cost of living (C− to B).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | #187 | A− | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Fall Creek Township | #131 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Stony Creek Township | #153 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Ingalls | #128 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Fall Creek Township | #56 | A | C− | — | A+ | A |
| Pendleton | #87 | A | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Vernon Township | #5 | A+ | B | — | A− | A− |
Green Township, Fall Creek Township, Stony Creek Township, Ingalls, Fall Creek Township, Pendleton and Vernon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Green Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Green Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Green Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Green Township grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #187 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Green 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.