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For a city of 124,509, Lawrence Township does unevenly: it grades C+, 413th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. It is healthier than 56% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark is a C in schools. On cost of living, just 98 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. 10% of the land in Lawrence Township is conserved, above both Indiana’s towns (1.9%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 84 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Lawrence Township beats most towns.
10.1% of the town is conserved land, across 18 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lawrence Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 253 in 1880, 49,370 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 4 maps from 1948 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lawrence Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
9 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
11 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
8 mi MuseumConner Prairie
10 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearLucas 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 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township.
Lawrence Township trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
30 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. Fort Harrison State Park, at 1,736 acres with 13.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Lawrence Township’s trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile, above the Indiana town median (0.2) and near the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fort Harrison State Park | 13.4 mi | 1,736 |
| 2. Skiles Test Nature Park | 0.7 mi | 82 |
| 3. Roche Diagnostics Employee Park | 0.6 mi | 54 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the MSD Lawrence Township school district. Three of its 44 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Valley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 1,355 | C− |
| Lawrence North High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,799 | B− |
| Forest Glen Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 971 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 61 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lawrence Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lawrence Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lawrence Township has about as many jobs (59,409) as working residents, but only 7,381 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Lawrence Township for work: only 14% work in town. 16% of Lawrence Township workers work from home. Jobs based in Lawrence Township grew to 59,409 in 2023, 6,234 more than in 2013.
| Lawrence Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Indiana it is healthier than 79% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Lawrence Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 13% of adults report frequent physical distress in Lawrence Township.
| Lawrence Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lawrence Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Fewer smokers | 13.4% | 15.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.1% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Lawrence Township
About 5 of every 100 Lawrence Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
3 places in Lawrence Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Indiana, United States
Lawrence is a city in Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is one of four "excluded cities" in Marion County. The city is home to Fort Benjamin Harrison within Fort Harrison State Park. The population was 49,370 at the 2020 census. The city is on the northeast side of Indianapolis.
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10 towns share a border with Lawrence Township.
Fishers next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Lawrence Township’s C) and lower for cost of living (C− to B−).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | #413 | C+ | B− | — | C | B |
| Indianapolis | — | — | C | D | — | — |
| Vernon Township | #5 | A+ | B | — | A− | A− |
| McCordsville | #26 | A+ | B− | B | A− | A |
| Washington Township | #385 | B− | C | — | C− | A− |
| Fishers | #23 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A |
| Warren Township | #487 | C | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Fall Creek Township | #56 | A | C− | — | A+ | A |
Lawrence Township, Vernon Township, Washington Township, Warren Township and Fall Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indianapolis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lawrence Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lawrence Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #413 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
