Monroe TownshipDelaware County, IN
A town of 3,558.
Is Monroe Township a good place to live?
Monroe Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $152K, 2.6 years of the Muncie metro’s $58K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 407th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 97% of the country. 16% of residents are under 18 in Monroe Township, against 23% in Indiana’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
What makes Monroe Township stand out
Where Monroe Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
95% 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.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 86% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 3%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
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.
More of Monroe Township’s adults smoke cigarettes than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
24% of adults smoke cigarettes in Monroe Township. Monroe Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22. 33% of adults get no exercise outside work in Monroe Township.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.3% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 13.2% | 8.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 23.7% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Monroe Township’s schools trail 57% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Cowan Community School Corp. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Cowan High School, with 318 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 409 | C+ |
| Cowan High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 318 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Monroe Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 365 in 2013 to 631.
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Monroe Township has added 266 jobs, to 631 in 2023. 5.4% of Monroe Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Monroe Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monroe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Monroe Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Monroe Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer children than Indiana overall
Children under 18 are 17% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). Monroe Township’s median age is 47.8 years. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.8 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 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 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Monroe Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
Conner Prairie and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monroe Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi MuseumConner Prairie
30 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
38 mi MuseumFort Recovery
27 mi MuseumLevi Coffin House
6 mi GardenMinnetrista
34 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Levi Coffin House: Nyttend, Public domain · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0 · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Monroe Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Monroe Township
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 twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana. According to the 2010 census, its population was 3,729 and it contained 1,507 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 991 ft
Monroe Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | #407 | C+ | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Center Township | #536 | C− | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Salem Township | #345 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Perry Township | — | — | C | — | A− | D |
| Muncie | #578 | D | B+ | D | C− | D |
| Prairie Township | #477 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
Perry Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township, Center Township, Salem Township, Perry Township and Prairie 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?
Monroe Township grades C+ overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #407 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D− for health and C+ 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.