Middle TownshipIN
A town of 7,718. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Middle Township a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Middle Township earns an A+, 16th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The median household earns $125K, its schools rank ahead of 94% of Indiana towns, and residents are healthier than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest mark, a B+, is in cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Middle Township’s median household income is $125,000, against $71,000 in Indiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On history, just 92 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse.
What makes Middle Township stand out
Where Middle Township beats most towns.
Middle Township has grown 25% since 2010
6,170 counted in 2010 and 6,875 in 2020; an estimated 7,718 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 12.5% since 2020, after 11.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Middle Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Middle Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lucas Oil Stadium and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Middle Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
16 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
18 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
15 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a year
17 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas 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 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Middle Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Middle 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Middle Township.
Middle Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and has less food insecurity than most of Indiana, but it has little public open land.
Middle Township earns an A for schools
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $332K.
Its public schools are run by the North West Hendricks Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsboro Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 350 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Middle Township’s adults feel lonely
Its widest gap with Indiana is food insecurity: 8.2% of its 7,084 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.7% statewide. Against the 5,051 U.S. towns with household incomes like Middle Township’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
28% of Middle Township adults feel lonely. Middle Township beats the Indiana average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of Middle Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Middle Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Middle Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.2% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Middle Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 946 in 2013 to 1,381.
Most working residents leave Middle Township for work: only 4% work in town. 4.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Middle Township. Jobs based in Middle Township grew to 1,381 in 2023, 435 more than in 2013.
| Middle Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Middle Township
Middle Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Middle Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Middle Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.1% of Middle Township is conserved land
Just 17 of its 19,776 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Middle Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scamahorn Park Addition | 0.4 mi | 18 |
| 2. Scamahorn Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
| 3. Scott Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Middle Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Middle Township
About 1 of every 100 Middle Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
96% of working residents leave Middle Township for work
Where Middle Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Middle Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Middle Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,170.
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- Area
- 31 sq mi
- Elevation
- 942 ft
Middle Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Middle Township.
At #16 in IN, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Brownsburg (A) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township | #16 | A+ | B+ | — | A | A− |
| Brown Township | #64 | A | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Harrison Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brownsburg | #32 | A | C+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Lincoln Township | #62 | A | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Center Township | #40 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Union Township | — | — | B | — | A | B |
| Washington Township | #71 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Middle Township, Brown Township, Lincoln Township, Center Township, Union Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Harrison Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Middle Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Middle Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Middle Township, IN a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Middle Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #16 of 585 in Indiana. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Middle 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 B+.