Mill TownshipIN
A town of 10,416.
Is Mill Township a good place to live?
Mill Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $120K, 2.2 years of the Marion area’s $54K median household income. It grades C− overall, 524th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 89% of the country. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Mill Township, above both the Indiana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The biggest park or preserve is Gas City Park, at 37 acres.
How Mill Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Mill Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A− for history, which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C− comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Mill Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mill 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 Mill Township.
Mill Township trades workers with Marion and other neighbors, but it has little public open land.
Mill Township’s grade for health is a D
Mill Township: 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. 25% of Mill Township adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Mill Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mill Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.3% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mill Township’s schools rank behind 51% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Mississinewa Community School Corp. Of its 5 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The largest public high school is Mississinewa High School, with 760 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northview Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 673 | C+ |
| Mississinewa High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 760 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
In Mill Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 19°, and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Mill Township is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, Mill Township has seen 11 flood insurance claims paid out. 58% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 21%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Mill Township’s working residents commute to Marion
Mill Township has about as many jobs (3,757) as working residents, but only 686 people both live and work here.
The top destinations are Marion (34%), Gas City (16%) and Indianapolis (6%). Jobs based in Mill Township grew to 3,757 in 2023, 401 more than in 2013. Its average commute stands at 29 minutes. The median commute is under 7 miles.
| Mill Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.5% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.6% of Mill Township is conserved land
Just 85 of its 14,751 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Mill Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
Trails run 0.3 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gas City Park | — | 37 |
| 2. Jonesboro Community Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Mill Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mill Township
About 4 of every 100 Mill Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Mill Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Mill Township is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,882 and it contained 4,809 housing units.
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 850 ft
Mill Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Mill Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Township | #524 | C− | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Fairmount Township | #520 | C− | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Center Township | #553 | C− | A− | — | C | D |
| Franklin Township | #522 | C− | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Monroe Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | D |
| Gas City | #368 | B− | B | A− | B− | C− |
| Liberty Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Monroe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mill Township, Fairmount Township, Center Township, Franklin Township and Monroe Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Liberty Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mill Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Mill Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mill Township, IN a good place to live?
Mill Township grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #524 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Mill 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+.