Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,065.
Marion Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $236K for a typical one, or 3.3 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 462nd of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 16 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. Colman-Doctor Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Marion 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 Marion Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 1%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 3 maps from 1962 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Marion 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 Marion Township.
16% of adults have diabetes in Marion Township, above both Indiana’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (12%). 41% of Marion Township adults have high blood pressure. Marion Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12.
| Marion Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Marion Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 18.7% | 14.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.6% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Hessen Cassel PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 183 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Marion Township has 254 jobs for its 1,795 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Marion Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Marion Township fell to 254 in 2023, 23 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (48%), New Haven (8%) and Indianapolis (3%).
| Marion Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Marion Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On this, Marion Township is against 23% in Indiana’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). Marion Township has grown 6% since 2020, to 4,065 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Marion Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 22% | 29% |
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.
| Marion Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,100, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Marion Township since 2014.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Marion Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
40 mi MuseumFort Recovery
28 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
10 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
10 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
24 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential MuseumFort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain
5 within 15 miles of the center of Marion Township
About 3 of every 100 Marion Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Marion Township is one of 20 townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,858.
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5 towns share a border with Marion Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Pleasant Township (C+) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | #462 | C+ | A | — | B− | C− |
| Adams Township | #392 | B− | A− | — | B− | D |
| Pleasant Township | #440 | C+ | B | — | C | C+ |
| Madison Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C+ |
| Preble Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Jefferson Township | #72 | A | A | — | A | B− |
Madison Township and Preble Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Marion Township, Adams Township, Pleasant Township, Madison Township, Preble Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Marion Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Marion Township grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #462 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B− 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.
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