Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lagro Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $203K, 3 years of the Wabash area’s $67K median household income. It grades C overall, 483rd among Indiana's 585 graded towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Lagro Township’s median age is 49.2 years, above both Indiana’s towns (39.4 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Salamonie River State Forest, at 954 acres with 3.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Lagro Township beats most towns.
Hominy Ridge Shelter HouseWhere Lagro Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lagro Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 293 in 1850, a peak of 763 in 1960, 349 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1879 and 3 maps from 1950 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lagro 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Lagro Township.
Lagro Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and sends most of its workers to Wabash and beyond.
27 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves.
| Lagro Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dora New Holland State Recreation Area | 4.4 mi | 480 |
| 2. Salamonie River State Forest | 3.8 mi | 954 |
| 3. Kokiwanee Nature Preserve | 2.5 mi | 131 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lagro Township has 165 jobs for its 1,141 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Lagro Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Lagro Township fell to 165 in 2023, 41 fewer than in 2013. 5.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Lagro Township.
| Lagro Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (17% statewide). 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Lagro Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 23% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 68% are men (IN 47%).
| Lagro Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
91% of Lagro Township households own their home. Typical home values rose 5.2% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Lagro Township is $878 a month.
| Lagro Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $878 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lagro Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Indiana it is healthier than 62% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Lagro Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Lagro Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Lagro Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lagro Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lagro Township. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
34 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
9 mi MuseumForks of the Wabash
11 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential Museum
34 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of ArtInternational Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forks of the Wabash: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lagro Township
About 1 of every 100 Lagro Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
2 places in Lagro Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Indiana, United States
Lagro is a town in Lagro Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 349 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Lagro Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagro Township | #483 | C | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Noble Township | #333 | B− | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Liberty Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Polk Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dallas Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Chester Township | #41 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Wayne Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Liberty Township and Dallas Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lagro Township, Noble Township, Liberty Township, Dallas Township and Chester Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Polk Township and Wayne Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lagro Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lagro Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #483 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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−.
