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 typical 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.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsboro Elementary School | 3–5 | 350 |
| Pittsboro Primary School | PK–2 | 332 |
| Widest gap | Middle Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 14.7% |
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
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $332K.
The North West Hendricks Schools runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The 2 public schools in Middle Township teach 682 students between them.
| 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.
For adults in Middle Township, the share who have obesity is 36%. Among adults here, 19% get no exercise outside work and 15% 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
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Middle Township work out of town
Jobs based here grew from 946 in 2013 to 1,381.
In Middle Township, 4.3% of working residents work locally. Jobs in Middle Township grew by 435 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,381. The top destinations are Indianapolis (41%), Brownsburg (8%) and Carmel (5%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles.
| 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
The climate in Middle Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 19° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 22 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Middle Township is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
FEMA puts 59% of Middle Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to tornadoes. Its FEMA risk score stands at 53 of 100. Since 2003, Middle Township has seen 4 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Middle Township keeps 0.1% of its land conserved
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+.