Keener TownshipIN
A town of 11,141, settled in 1879. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Keener Township a good place to live?
Keener Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $243K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. It grades A− overall, 121st among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, its public schools beat 78% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. Only 64 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history. Keener Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Field of Dreams, at 35 acres.
What makes Keener Township stand out
Where Keener Township beats most towns.
86% of working residents leave Keener Township for work
Where Keener Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Keener Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Keener Township is from typical.
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Moving to Keener Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Keener 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 Keener Township.
Keener Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has little public open land.
Keener Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $243K.
Its public schools are run by Kankakee Valley School Corp. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeMotte Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 596 | A |
| De Motte Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 625 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most of Keener Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 1,699 in 2013 to 2,329.
Most working residents leave Keener Township for work: only 14% work in town. Since 2013, Keener Township has added 630 jobs, to 2,329 in 2023. 6.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Keener Township.
| Keener Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Keener Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Keener Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Keener Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Keener Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Indiana overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). Keener Township has grown 4.2% since 2020, to 11,141 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 21% of Keener Township residents are 65 or older.
| Keener Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.6 points). Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Keener Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On CDC estimates, Keener Township is less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 62% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Keener Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Keener Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Keener Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Keener Township has set aside 0.5% of its land for conservation
Just 149 of its 30,694 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Keener Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.3 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Field of Dreams | — | 35 |
| 2. Spencer Park | — | 12 |
| 3. Freedom Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Keener Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Keener Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Keener Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Keener Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Keener Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,625 (up from 10,110 at 2010) and it contained 4,176 housing units.
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- Area
- 48 sq mi
- Elevation
- 666 ft
Keener Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Keener Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keener Township | #121 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Wheatfield Township | #78 | A | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Union Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Lincoln Township | #316 | B | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Boone Township | #125 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Walker Township | #262 | B | A | — | A− | C |
| Roselawn | #253 | B+ | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Eagle Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C+ |
Union Township and Eagle Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Keener Township, Wheatfield Township, Union Township, Lincoln Township, Boone Township, Walker Township, Roselawn and Eagle Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Keener Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Keener Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Keener Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Keener Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #121 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools.
Is Keener 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.