Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,548. 2.4 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
The best of Monroe Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living, an A− for schools, and an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. Monroe Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 14 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score higher on civic life. Monroe Township has 2 places on the National Register. Monroe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Monroe Township beats most towns.
James Edington Montgomery O'Hair House| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Elementary School | PK–5 | 456 |
Where Monroe Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Monroe Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 maps from 1958 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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.
Ordered by what stands out in Monroe Township.
Its public schools are run by the North Putnam Community Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 456 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Monroe Township has lost 60 jobs, to 423 in 2023. 7.1% of Monroe Township residents live below the poverty line, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Monroe Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Monroe Township tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. 39% of Monroe Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Monroe Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Monroe Township
About 2 of every 100 Monroe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
2 places in Monroe Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Indiana, United States
Monroe Township is one of thirteen townships in Putnam County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,494 (down from 1,569 at 2010) and it contained 634 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Greencastle Township | #195 | B+ | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Floyd Township | #250 | B+ | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C |
| Clinton Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C+ |
Monroe Township, Franklin Township and Clinton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township, Greencastle Township, Floyd Township, Franklin Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Monroe Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.4 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
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.
