Perry TownshipNoble County, IN
A town of 7,046.
Is Perry Township a good place to live?
Perry Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $177K, 2.5 years of the Kendallville area’s $72K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 428th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 86% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns. 33% of residents are under 18 in Perry Township, above both Indiana’s towns (23%) and U.S. towns (22%). Only 37 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on history. Perry Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns.
What makes Perry Township stand out
Where Perry Township beats most towns.
85% of working residents leave Perry Township for work
Where Perry Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Perry Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Perry Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A+ for history (#31 of 593 in Indiana), 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 Perry Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perry 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 Perry Township.
A larger share of adults 18 to 64 in Perry Township have no health insurance than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
20% of Perry Township adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Among 589 Indiana towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Perry Township. 24% of Perry Township adults worry about having enough food.
| Perry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 21% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Perry Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 23.7% | 28.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 20.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Perry Township fall behind 60% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by West Noble School Corporation. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Noble Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–1 | Grades PK–1 | 350 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Perry Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here fell from 2,426 in 2013 to 1,912.
Most working residents leave Perry Township for work: only 15% work in town. Since 2013, Perry Township has lost 514 jobs, to 1,912 in 2023. 6% of residents live below the poverty line in Perry Township.
| Perry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Perry Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 121 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Perry Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Perry Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Perry Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Perry Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Perry Township
About 2 of every 100 Perry Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Perry Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Perry Township is one of thirteen townships in Noble County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,900 (up from 6,761 at 2010) and it contained 2,435 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 932 ft
Perry Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Perry Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Sparta Township (B−) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | #428 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Elkhart Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Sparta Township | #348 | B− | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Benton Township | #211 | B+ | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Eden Township | #150 | A− | B | — | A | C− |
Elkhart Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Perry Township, Elkhart Township, Sparta Township, Benton Township and Eden Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Perry Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Perry Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Perry Township, IN a good place to live?
Perry Township grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #428 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Perry 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 B+.