Orange TownshipIN
A town of 3,959.
Is Orange Township a good place to live?
Orange Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $224K, 3.1 years of the Kendallville area’s $72K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 415th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 77% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. On civic life, just 86 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. 25% of residents are 65 or older in Orange Township, above both the Indiana town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%).
What makes Orange Township stand out
Where Orange Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Orange Township for work
Where Orange Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Orange Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Orange Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (1 place on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C+ comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Orange Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Orange 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 Orange Township.
Orange Township is a second-home town and has more than doubled its jobs in ten years.
Orange Township earns a C− for health
16% of Orange Township adults report frequent physical distress. Orange Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 14% of Orange Township adults have diabetes.
| Orange Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Orange Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Orange Township’s public schools trail 51% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by East Noble School Corporation. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome City Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 183 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Orange Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 364 in 2013 to 894.
Most working residents leave Orange Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Orange Township grew to 894 in 2023, 530 more than in 2013. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Orange Township.
| Orange Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.5% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Orange Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gaff Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Orange Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Orange Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Orange Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Orange Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. Orange Township’s July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Orange Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Orange Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Orange Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Orange Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Orange Township is one of thirteen townships in Noble County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,934 (up from 3,911 at 2010) and it contained 1,994 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 942 ft
Orange Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Orange Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Township | #415 | C+ | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Wayne Township | #349 | B− | A | — | B− | C− |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C+ |
| Elkhart Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Johnson Township | #314 | B | A | — | B− | C− |
Jefferson Township and Elkhart Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Orange Township, Wayne Township, Jefferson Township, Elkhart Township and Johnson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Orange Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Orange Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Orange Township, IN a good place to live?
Orange Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #415 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Orange 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−.