Monroe TownshipAdams County, IN
A town of 5,408.
Is Monroe Township a good place to live?
Monroe Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $351K, 5.4 years of the Decatur area’s $65K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 234th of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, its public schools beat 80% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. 42% of residents are under 18 in Monroe Township, above both the Indiana town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 48 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score lower on civic life.
What makes Monroe Township stand out
Where Monroe Township beats most towns.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Swiss Meadow School | 1–8 | 65 |
| Swiss Valley School | 1–8 | 58 |
| Curve Creek School | 1–8 | 53 |
Every workday, about 2,722 people come to Monroe Township for work
Where Monroe Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Monroe Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Monroe Township is from typical.
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Moving to Monroe Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monroe 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 Monroe Township.
Monroe Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and draws workers from Berne and beyond, but it has little public open land.
About one in four working residents works right in Monroe Township
3,176 jobs are based in Monroe Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,325 in 2013 to 3,176.
Employers in Monroe Township added 851 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,176. Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles. The top destinations are Berne (20%), Decatur (9%) and Fort Wayne (9%).
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 10% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Monroe Township’s grade for schools is an A−
That grade comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $351K.
One of its 12 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Meadow School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 65 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Monroe Township’s grade for health is a D
18% of adults worry about having enough food in Monroe Township. Two figures for adults here: 20% smoke cigarettes, 28% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.9% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 20.3% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Monroe Township’s grade for cost of living is an A−
Home values are up 7.7% over the year to September 2026. The share of households in Monroe Township who own their home: 90%. Its typical rent stands at $936 a month.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $936 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The biggest natural risk in Monroe Township is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Nearly half of Monroe Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 22%. On expected storm and flood damage, Monroe Township sits below 73% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1981: 6.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Monroe Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 19°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Monroe Township is conserved land
Just 6 of its 23,149 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Monroe Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muensterberg Plaza | 0.5 mi | 2 |
| 2. Monroe Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Monroe Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Monroe Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Monroe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Monroe Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Monroe Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,287, up from 4,858 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 833 ft
Monroe Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | #234 | B+ | A− | — | A− | D |
| Blue Creek Township | — | — | B− | — | A | C− |
| French Township | — | — | B | — | A | C− |
| Wabash Township | #313 | B | A | — | B+ | D− |
| Washington Township | #145 | A− | A | — | B+ | C− |
Blue Creek Township and French Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township, Blue Creek Township, French Township, Wabash Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Monroe Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Monroe Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Monroe Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Monroe Township grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #234 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Monroe 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−.