Honey Creek TownshipIN
A town in Indiana, home to 1,227 people.
Is Honey Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Honey Creek Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a C for walkability. 29% of residents are under 18 in Honey Creek Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%. Honey Creek Township's public schools trail 68% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. The biggest park or preserve is Spinn Prairie, at 34 acres. Honey Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Honey Creek Township stand out
Where Honey Creek Township beats most towns.
1,227 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
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.
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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.
Most of Honey Creek Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Honey Creek Township rose by 123, to 395. Only 3% of working residents stay in Honey Creek Township for work; the rest commute out. For Honey Creek Township, the typical journey to work is 19 minutes. Half commute less than 23 miles.
| Honey Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 6.5% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Honey Creek Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected losses in Honey Creek Township break down as 48% from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Compared with 78% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Honey Creek Township are less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Honey Creek Township who have diabetes: 14%. 44% of Honey Creek Township adults have obesity.
| Honey Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Honey Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Honey Creek Township
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 17°, with about 20 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.7% of the land in Honey Creek Township is protected from building
Trails run 0.1 miles in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spinn Prairie | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Indiana Beach and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Honey Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium16 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal
19 mi State parkProphetstown State Park
23 mi MuseumSamara
31 mi MuseumHoosier Valley Railroad MuseumPhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Samara: Tim Musson, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Honey Creek Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Honey Creek Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Honey Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across 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 twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,188 and it contained 503 housing units. Honey Creek Township was organized in 1855. The township took its name from Honey Creek.
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- Area
- 42 sq mi
- Elevation
- 686 ft
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−.