Hanover TownshipIN
A town of 2,183, settled in 1820. 83% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Hanover Township a good place to live?
The best of Hanover Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and civic life and an A− for schools; the weakest is a C for health. Only 36 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score higher on civic life. Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Hanover Township stand out
Where Hanover Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Morristown Elementary School | PK–5 | 338 |
| Morristown Jr-Sr High School | 6–12 | 333 |
How Hanover Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Hanover Township is from typical.
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Moving to Hanover Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hanover 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 Hanover Township.
On state tests, Hanover Township’s schools beat 77% of Indiana districts
The Shelby Eastern Schools runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Morristown Jr-Sr High School, with 333 students. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morristown Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 338 | B− |
| Morristown Jr-Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 333 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Hanover Township is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Just over four in five adults had a checkup this year in Hanover Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 80% and U.S. towns at 79%. The town does better than the Indiana average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. The share of adults in Hanover Township who have obesity: 40%.
| Hanover Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hanover Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.6% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Hanover Township
Winters in Hanover Township are chilly and summers warm. Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 20 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Hanover Township, mostly inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Hanover Township comes to 33 of 100, below both Indiana’s towns (38 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Expected losses in Hanover Township break down as 48% from inland flooding and 29% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in ten working residents works right in Hanover Township
Employers in Hanover Township added 372 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,155. Its mean commuting time comes in at 28 minutes. The top destinations are Indianapolis (29%), Shelbyville (11%) and Morristown (8%). For half of commuters, work is under 23 miles away.
| Hanover Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0% of Hanover Township is conserved land
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Hanover Township has one park or preserve, 14 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Morristown Community Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Hanover Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Hanover Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Hanover Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Hanover Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,283 and it contained 962 housing units. Hanover Township was organized before 1840.
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 883 ft
Hanover Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Hanover Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Blue River Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B− |
| Van Buren Township | — | — | B | — | A− | C |
| Union Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Posey Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C− |
| Morristown | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Marion Township | — | — | A | — | B | C− |
Hanover Township, Blue River Township, Van Buren Township, Posey Township, Morristown and Marion Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hanover Township, Blue River Township, Van Buren Township, Posey Township, Morristown and Marion Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Union Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hanover Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hanover Township, IN a good place to live?
83% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Hanover 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+.