Monroe TownshipIN
A town of 2,045.
Is Monroe Township a good place to live?
The best of Monroe Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and history; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 4% of residents live below the poverty line in Monroe Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Monroe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
88% of working residents leave 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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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 has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 12% work in town. At 29 minutes, Monroe Township’s average trip to work is above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Monroe Township has lost 38 jobs, to 460 in 2023.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Monroe Township beat 54% of Indiana districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose of Lima Catholic School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 114 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
In Monroe Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Monroe Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Monroe Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Monroe Township since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Monroe Township is less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Monroe Township beats the Indiana average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 33% of Monroe Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monroe Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi State parkGrand Lake St. Marys State Park
38 mi MuseumFort Recovery
19 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
29 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
17 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
17 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical ConservatoryPhoto credits
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park: Bruin, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, 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
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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 twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,927.
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- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Monroe Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B− |
| Madison Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C+ |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Monroe Township and Madison Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township and Madison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township and Union Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Monroe Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Monroe Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.