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Maumee TownshipIN

A town of 2,757.

Is Maumee Township a good place to live?

Maumee Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $221K for a typical one, or 3.1 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household income. It grades A− overall, 130th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $71K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. 12% of residents are 65 or older in Maumee Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. The biggest place to walk is Blue Cast Springs Preserve, 87 acres with 1.2 miles of trail.

A commuter town

96% of working residents leave Maumee Township for work

Where Maumee Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

35% → Fort Wayne Fort Wayne 35% 10% → New Haven New Haven 10% 8% → Milan Township Milan Township 8% 4% → Indianapolis Indianapolis 4% 2% → Woodburn Woodburn 2% 2% → Cedar Creek Township Cedar Creek Township 2% Maumee Township · 4% stay
470jobs based in Maumee Township
4%of working residents work in town
15 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Maumee Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Maumee Township is from typical.

How grading works
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Maumee Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Maumee Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerIndiana Michigan Power17.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterWoodburn Water WorksNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet8 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Maumee Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsEast Allen County SchoolsWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereAllen County Election BoardAllen County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2017
ZIP code4679746797 100%Census 2020

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 Maumee Township.

Maumee Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has little public open land.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−

With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Maumee Township’s workers commute out

Most working residents leave Maumee Township for work: only 4% work in town. 4.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Maumee Township. Since 2013, Maumee Township has added 181 jobs, to 470 in 2023.

4%work in town
Maumee TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line4.2%10%9.6%
Working residents who work in town3.8%11%8%
Average trip to work23 minutes24 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Maumee Township4%
Fort Wayne35%
New Haven10%
Milan Township8%
Indianapolis4%
15 mi
median commute distance
470
jobs based in Maumee Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

54%of IN districts it outscoresB−School Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Woodburn Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8Grades PK–8145–

NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation

Climate

In Maumee Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers

Maumee Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.

24″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter21–36°
Spring39–60°
Summer61–83°
Fall43–63°
Oct 19
typical first frost
Apr 27
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HealthB

Residents of Maumee Township are healthier than 60% of U.S. towns

Within Indiana it is healthier than 83% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.

Maumee Township beats the Indiana average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of Maumee Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.

61%healthier than U.S. townsBHealth Grade
Maumee TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Depression (CDC PLACES)28%26%23%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)33%37%36%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)21%26%25%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)13%15%14%
32 measures vs. Indiana
7 better25 too close to call0 worse
What stands outMaumee TownshipIN
Fewer adults facing food insecurity10.9%14.7%
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off6.4%8.4%
Paulding County Hospital
12.4 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
83rd
percentile among IN towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B

Maumee Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.

39risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
39Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

OutdoorsC−

1.1% of Maumee Township is conserved land

Just 193 of its 16,976 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Maumee Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.

1.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Maumee Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.

#363for trails in IN
Maumee TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.1 miles per square mile0.20.4
Conserved land1.1%1.9%4.3%
1.1%
conserved · 193 of 16,976 acres
1.3 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Blue Cast Springs Preserve1.2 mi87

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Nearby attractions

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and 6 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maumee Township. Close and well known come first.

All 18 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, 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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Maumee Township

18pages on Maumee Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

2 within 15 miles of the center of Maumee Township

About Maumee Township

Township in Indiana, United States

Maumee Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,620.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
27 sq mi
Elevation
745 ft

Maumee Township’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Maumee Township.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownIN rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Maumee Township#130A−A—B−B
Milan Township#252B+B—B−B
Jackson Township——————

Maumee Township and Milan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Maumee Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Maumee Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Maumee Township, IN a good place to live?

By most measures, yes. Maumee Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #130 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.

Is Maumee 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.