Moral TownshipIN
A town of 4,593, settled in 1855. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Moral Township a good place to live?
Moral Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $301K for a typical one, or 3.8 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 232nd of 585 in Indiana. On the plus side, the median household earns $98K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 60 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. 4.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Moral Township, against 10% in Indiana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
What makes Moral Township stand out
Where Moral Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Moral Township for work
Where Moral Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Moral Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Moral Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lucas Oil Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moral Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
16 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
20 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
20 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a year
18 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Moral Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moral 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 Moral Township.
Most of Moral Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Moral Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Moral Township has added 160 jobs, to 850 in 2023. The top destinations are Indianapolis (42%), Shelbyville (7%) and Greenwood (4%).
| Moral Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Moral Township’s schools beat 70% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Northwestern Con School Corp. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Triton Central High School, with 472 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Central Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 516 | B+ |
| Triton Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 472 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
In Moral Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Moral Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide). 32% of Moral Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Moral Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 74% are women (IN 49%). Median age: women 40.2, men 41.7.
| Moral Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,600, single groups can be off by several points
Moral Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Moral Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Moral Township trails 53% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 69% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 8,909 U.S. towns with household incomes like Moral Township’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so it trails even them.
Moral Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 34% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Moral Township.
| Moral Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Moral Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.4% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Moral Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Moral Township
About 6 of every 100 Moral Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Moral Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Moral Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,577 and it contained 1,805 housing units. Moral Township was organized before 1840.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 794 ft
Moral Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Moral Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moral Township | #232 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Franklin Township | #96 | A | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Sugar Creek Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Brandywine Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Indianapolis | — | — | C | D | — | — |
| Sugar Creek Township | #29 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
| Van Buren Township | — | — | B | — | A− | C |
| Clark Township | #334 | B− | C | — | B+ | B |
Sugar Creek Township, Brandywine Township and Van Buren Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Moral Township, Franklin Township, Sugar Creek Township, Brandywine Township, Sugar Creek Township, Van Buren Township and Clark Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indianapolis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Moral Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Moral Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moral Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Moral Township grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #232 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Moral 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−.