Monroe TownshipIN
A town of 1,163.
Is Monroe Township a good place to live?
The best of Monroe Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 70 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do worse. Monroe Township’s age of the median resident is 50.4 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. On the outdoors, just 31 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Monroe Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 85% of U.S. towns. Monroe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Monroe Township stand out
Where Monroe Township beats most towns.
1,163 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
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 has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4.7% of Monroe Township residents live below the poverty line, below both the Indiana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 2% of working residents stay in Monroe Township for work; the rest commute out. In Monroe Township, the typical household income is $108,000. Employers in Monroe Township added 176 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 206.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Monroe Township is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Monroe Township’s risk rating from FEMA is 24 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid here since 2008. 37% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 22%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Monroe Township is less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Monroe Township tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. The share of adults in Monroe Township who smoke cigarettes: 17%.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Monroe Township
A winter brings about 32 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 83°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Monroe Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Monroe Township
About 7 of every 100 Monroe Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
98% 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
About Monroe Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Monroe Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,120 (down from 1,147 at 2010) and it contained 458 housing units. Monroe Township was organized in 1855.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 889 ft
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.