Hensley TownshipIN
A town of 4,086, settled in 1832. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Hensley Township a good place to live?
Hensley Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $343K for a typical one, or 4.3 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 138th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, its schools outperform 79% of the state's. 2.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Hensley Township, below both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The biggest place to walk is Betley Woods at Glacier's End, 318 acres with 5 miles of trail.
What makes Hensley Township stand out
Where Hensley Township beats most towns.
Hensley Township has grown 22% since 2010
3,329 counted in 2010 and 3,771 in 2020; an estimated 4,086 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 8% since 2020, after 13.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Hensley Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Hensley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hensley Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hensley 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 Hensley Township.
Hensley Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
For schools, Hensley Township earns an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $343K.
Its public schools are run by the Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Indian Creek Sr High School, with 652 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Creek Intermediate SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 513 | B+ |
| Indian Creek Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 652 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Hensley Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Hensley Township for work: only 8% work in town. Hensley Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes. Since 2013, Hensley Township has added 120 jobs, to 908 in 2023.
| Hensley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.6% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Hensley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Betley Woods at Glacier's End | 5 mi | 318 |
| 2. Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow | 0.7 mi | 149 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fewer young adults than Indiana overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 21% of residents (17% statewide). The median age in Hensley Township is 45.1 years. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Hensley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.1 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Hensley Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 18.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,100, single groups can be off by several points
In Hensley Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Hensley Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hensley Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Hensley Township trails 54% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 67% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 9,884 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hensley Township’s, it is less healthy than 69%, so it trails even them.
Hensley Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 31% of adults feel lonely in Hensley Township.
| Hensley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hensley Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lucas Oil Stadium and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hensley Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
26 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
23 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
18 mi MuseumMiller House and Garden
26 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
31 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle FieldhousePhoto 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 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Hensley Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hensley Township
About 5 of every 100 Hensley Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
92% of working residents leave Hensley Township for work
Where Hensley Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Hensley Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Hensley Township is one of nine townships in Johnson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,329 and it contained 1,341 housing units. Most of Trafalgar is in the northeast corner of the township. Hensley Township was organized in 1827.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 735 ft
Hensley Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Hensley Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hensley Township | #138 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B− |
| Nineveh Township | #105 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | #309 | B | B | — | B | B− |
| Hamblen Township | #277 | B | A− | — | B | B− |
| Morgantown | — | — | A | — | A− | C |
Morgantown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hensley Township, Nineveh Township, Union Township, Hamblen Township and Morgantown report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hensley Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hensley Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hensley Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Hensley Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #138 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and A− for schools.
Is Hensley 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 B+.