Needham TownshipIN
A town of 7,952, platted in 1866.
Is Needham Township a good place to live?
Needham Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 391st among Indiana's 585 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $92K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 63% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $391K, 4.9 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. On cost of living, just 82 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. On history, just 59 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse.
Needham Township has grown 22% since 2010
6,511 counted in 2010 and 7,573 in 2020; an estimated 7,952 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Needham Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Needham Township is from typical.
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Moving to Needham Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Needham 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 Needham Township.
Needham Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
0.2% of Needham Township is conserved land
In the comparison, Needham Township comes close to Indiana’s towns (1.9%) and below U.S. towns (4.3%). 12 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Needham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Needham Township’s grade for schools is a B
Its public schools are run by Franklin Community School Corp. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needham Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 347 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Needham Township’s grade for cost of living is a C+
Typical home values rose 4.5% in the year to September 2026. 83% of Needham Township households own their home, above both the Indiana town median (76%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%).
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most of Needham Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 1,184 in 2013 to 1,926.
Most working residents leave Needham Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Needham Township is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Needham Township has added 742 jobs, to 1,926 in 2023.
| Needham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Needham Township
Needham Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Needham Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 40 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Needham Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Needham Township has grown 4.8% since 2020, to 7,952 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of Needham Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Needham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Needham Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On CDC estimates, Needham Township is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 71% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 9,691 U.S. towns with household incomes like Needham Township’s, it is less healthy than 68%, so it trails even them.
Needham Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Needham Township.
| Needham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Needham Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lucas Oil Stadium and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Needham Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
35 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
21 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
19 mi MuseumMiller House and Garden
26 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle FieldhousePhoto 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 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Needham Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Needham Township
About 3 of every 100 Needham Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
96% of working residents leave Needham Township for work
Where Needham Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Needham Township
Unincorporated town and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Needham is an unincorporated town in Needham Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 738 ft
- ZIP code
- 46162
Needham Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Needham Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B−; Blue River Township (B−) is closest. Blue River Township next door grades lower for schools (C to Needham Township’s B) and higher for cost of living (A to C+).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needham Township | #391 | B− | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Franklin Township | #238 | B+ | B+ | — | B | B− |
| Hendricks Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Clark Township | #334 | B− | C | — | B+ | B |
| Blue River Township | #354 | B− | A | — | C | C |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Amity | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hendricks Township and Jackson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Needham Township, Franklin Township, Hendricks Township, Clark Township, Blue River Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Amity isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Needham Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Needham Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Needham Township, IN a good place to live?
Needham Township grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #391 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Needham Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.