Monroe TownshipCarroll County, IN
A town of 2,882. 2.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Monroe Township a good place to live?
Monroe Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $174K for a typical one, or 2.8 years of the Lafayette metro’s $62K median household income. It grades B overall, 281st of 585 graded towns in Indiana. Monroe Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 95% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Flora Community Park, at 29 acres. 22% of residents are 65 or older in Monroe Township, above both Indiana’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%).
What makes Monroe Township stand out
Where Monroe Township beats most towns.
86% 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 is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
Monroe Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 14% work in town. The median household income in Monroe Township is $55,000. The top destinations are Lafayette (23%), Flora (12%) and Deer Creek Township (7%).
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $55,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Monroe Township’s public schools outperform 61% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Carroll Consolidated School Corp. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Carroll Senior High School, with 303 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 577 | B |
| Carroll Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 303 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Monroe Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Monroe Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Monroe Township trails 64% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,429 U.S. towns with household incomes like Monroe Township’s, it is healthier than 65%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Monroe Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of adults have obesity in Monroe Township.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Monroe Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monroe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Monroe Township is conserved land
Just 0 of its 15,316 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Monroe Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flora Community Park | — | 29 |
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 4 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 fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,863 (up from 2,797 at 2010) and it contained 1,287 housing units.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
Monroe Township’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | #281 | B | A | — | B | C+ |
| Democrat Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
Jackson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Democrat Township isn’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 a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Monroe Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #281 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
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.