Oregon TownshipIN
A town of 3,282.
Is Oregon Township a good place to live?
Oregon Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $140K, 2.2 years of the county’s $64K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 423rd of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its schools rank behind 76% of the state's. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Oregon Township’s average trip to work is 41 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
What makes Oregon Township stand out
Where Oregon Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Oregon Township for work
Where Oregon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oregon Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Oregon Township is from typical.
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Moving to Oregon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oregon 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 Oregon Township.
Oregon Township is a second-home town and sends most of its workers to Plymouth and beyond.
Oregon Township’s grade for schools is a C−
Its public schools are run by Oregon-Davis School Corp. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon-Davis Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 299 | C |
| Oregon-Davis Jr-Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 228 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Oregon Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oregon Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Oregon Township
Oregon Township has 296 jobs for its 1,373 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 40.6 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Oregon Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Oregon Township grew to 296 in 2023, 44 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Plymouth (10%), South Bend (7%) and Walkerton (6%).
| Oregon Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oregon Township is less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns
Oregon Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 18% of Oregon Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Oregon Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Oregon Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.1% | 15.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.5% | 28.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Oregon Township
Oregon Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 55 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Oregon Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oregon Township
About 4 of every 100 Oregon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Oregon Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Oregon Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Township | #423 | C+ | A | — | C− | C |
| Lincoln Township | #33 | A | A− | — | A− | B− |
| Washington Township | #513 | C | A | — | C+ | D |
| Davis Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polk Township | #249 | B+ | A− | — | A− | C |
| Johnson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Township | #464 | C+ | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Koontz Lake | — | — | A+ | — | C− | C+ |
Koontz Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oregon Township, Lincoln Township, Washington Township, Polk Township, West Township and Koontz Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Davis Township and Johnson Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oregon Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Oregon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oregon Township, IN a good place to live?
Oregon Township grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #423 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Oregon 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.