Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Marion Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. 37% of residents are 65 or older in Marion Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. No town among the 594 in Indiana we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Marion Township. On the outdoors, just 9 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Marion Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Marion Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Marion Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 2 maps from 1956 on.
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.
32% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Marion Township.
| Marion Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 10% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 22% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Marion Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.4% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Nearly a fifth of Marion Township adults smoke cigarettes. Among adults locally, 42% have obesity and 28% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Marion Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Marion Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.8% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A winter brings about 20 inches of snow, with January nights at 21° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Marion Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 3% of working residents work locally. Employers in Marion Township added 1,111 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,464. The top destinations are Indianapolis (28%), Shelbyville (24%) and Carmel (4%).
| Marion Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with 64% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Marion Township is lower. The national flood insurance program has paid 48 claims locally since 1990. Expected losses in Marion Township break down as 50% from inland flooding and 28% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Marion Township; the nearest are
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 fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,923 and it contained 867 housing units. Marion Township was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, known as the Swamp Fox.
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6 towns share a border with Marion Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | — | — | A | — | B | C− |
| Brandywine Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Addison Township | #290 | B | A− | — | B | C− |
| Union Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Van Buren Township | — | — | B | — | A− | C |
| Shelbyville | #318 | B | A− | B− | B+ | C− |
| Hanover Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C |
Marion Township, Brandywine Township, Van Buren Township and Hanover Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Marion Township, Brandywine Township, Addison Township, Van Buren Township and Hanover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Union Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Marion Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.