Monroe TownshipMadison County, IN
A town of 8,997.
Is Monroe Township a good place to live?
Monroe Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $128K, 1.6 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B− overall, 342nd among Indiana's 585 graded towns. Monroe Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
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 little public open land, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Monroe Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here fell from 2,373 in 2013 to 1,665.
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Monroe Township fell to 1,665 in 2023, 708 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Indianapolis (17%), Anderson (14%) and Alexandria (10%).
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $67,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Monroe Township’s schools rank behind 51% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Alexandria Community School Corp. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Alexandria-Monroe High School, with 620 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Monroe Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 754 | C+ |
| Alexandria-Monroe High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 620 | C− |
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 20° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Monroe Township are less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns
Monroe Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 27% of Monroe Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. 14% of residents are 65 or older in Monroe Township. Monroe Township has grown 2.6% since 2020, to 8,997 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.4 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 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 | 14.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Monroe Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 84 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monroe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Monroe Township
Just 34 of its 32,637 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 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beulah Park | — | 18 |
| 2. Alexandria Fairgrounds | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hinkle Fieldhouse and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monroe Township. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
28 mi MuseumConner Prairie
23 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
39 mi Stadium & arenaCorteva Coliseum
24 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum37 mi MuseumGrissom Air MuseumPhoto credits
Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Corteva Coliseum: Mberkery1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. In the 2010 census, its population was 8,786 and it contained 4,098 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 51 sq mi
- Elevation
- 873 ft
Monroe Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Pipe Creek Township (B−) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | #342 | B− | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Pipe Creek Township | #363 | B− | A+ | — | B− | C− |
| Harrison Township | #412 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C+ |
| Van Buren Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
| Boone Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Richland Township | #572 | D | B− | — | C− | C |
Van Buren Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township, Pipe Creek Township, Harrison Township, Van Buren Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Boone 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?
Monroe Township grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #342 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+.