Milford TownshipIN
A town of 2,992.
Is Milford Township a good place to live?
Milford Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $241K, 2.9 years of the county’s $84K median household income. It grades B overall, ranked 291st of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Milford Township’s average trip to work is 41 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. South Milford I.O.O.F. Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Milford Township stand out
Where Milford Township beats most towns.
93% of working residents leave Milford Township for work
Where Milford Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Milford Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Milford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Milford Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milford 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 Milford Township.
Milford Township is a second-home town, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health and has commutes longer than most of Indiana.
For health, Milford Township earns a C−
Against the 9,868 U.S. towns with household incomes like Milford Township’s, it is less healthy than 91%, so it trails even them.
18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Milford Township. Milford Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 15% of adults report frequent physical distress in Milford Township.
| Milford Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Milford Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Milford Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 1,204 working residents takes 41.3 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Milford Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Milford Township has added 53 jobs, to 379 in 2023. Milford Township’s median household income is $91,000.
| Milford Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $91,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.2% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 10% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Milford Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Milford Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
28.4% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 1.3% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Milford Township is 46.1 years. Milford Township has grown 2.7% since 2020, to 2,992 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Milford Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.1 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Milford Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Milford Township
Milford Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Milford Township. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum14 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
32 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
34 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
34 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
38 mi MuseumMidwest Museum of American ArtPhoto 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 · Midwest Museum of American Art: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Milford Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Milford Township
About 2 of every 100 Milford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Milford Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Milford Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,911 (up from 2,868 at 2010) and it contained 1,736 housing units. Milford Township was established in 1837.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 988 ft
Milford Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Milford Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Township | #291 | B | A− | — | B | C− |
| Salem Township | — | — | A | — | B | B− |
| Johnson Township | #314 | B | A | — | B− | C− |
| Wayne Township | #349 | B− | A | — | B− | C− |
| Springfield Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Stroh | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Salem Township and Springfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Milford Township, Salem Township, Johnson Township, Wayne Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Stroh isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Milford Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Milford Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Milford Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Milford Township grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #291 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Milford 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−.