Honey Creek TownshipIN
Home to 2,303 people, the town was organized in 1841.
Is Honey Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Honey Creek Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and schools; the weakest is a C for walkability. 5.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Honey Creek Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Honey Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Honey Creek Township has grown 10% since 2010
2,109 counted in 2010 and 2,344 in 2020; an estimated 2,303 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Honey Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Honey Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Honey Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Honey Creek 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 Honey Creek Township.
Honey Creek Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
In Honey Creek Township, 3.4% of working residents work locally. Jobs here fell by 138 from 2013 to 2023, to 250. The median commute is under 10 miles. The top destinations are Kokomo (40%), Indianapolis (12%) and Harrison Township (5%).
| Honey Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Honey Creek Township
The midsummer high for Honey Creek Township comes to 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Honey Creek Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Honey Creek Township has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 2003. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Honey Creek Township break down as 51% from inland flooding and 18% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (37% statewide). Honey Creek Township: just over a fifth of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. In Honey Creek Township, the age of the median resident is 42 years.
| Honey Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 42 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 70% are men (IN 51%).
| Honey Creek Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 27% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Honey Creek Township is healthier than three in five U.S. towns
18% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Honey Creek Township. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Honey Creek Township is ahead of Indiana on 9 and behind on 1. In Honey Creek Township, 34% of adults have obesity, and 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Honey Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Honey Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1% of Honey Creek Township is conserved land
2 parks and preserves cover 7 acres in Honey Creek Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Robert M. Waddell Memorial Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Brady Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Honey Creek Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Honey Creek Township
About 5 of every 100 Honey Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
97% of working residents leave Honey Creek Township for work
Where Honey Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Honey Creek Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Honey Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,344, up from 2,109 in 2010. The township is served by the Russiaville Post Office.
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 850 ft
Honey Creek Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Honey Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Creek Township | — | — | A | — | A | B |
| Forest Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harrison Township | #175 | A− | B | — | A | C+ |
| Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B |
Honey Creek Township and Prairie Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Honey Creek Township, Harrison Township and Prairie Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Forest Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Honey Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Honey Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Honey Creek 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.