Pierce TownshipIN
A town of 2,559.
Is Pierce Township a good place to live?
Pierce Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $167K, 2.3 years of the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. It grades C overall, 498th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $57K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 103 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Campbell-Gill House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
99% of working residents leave Pierce Township for work
Where Pierce Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pierce Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Pierce Township is from typical.
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Moving to Pierce Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pierce 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 Pierce Township.
Pierce Township sends most of its workers to Salem and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Pierce Township earns a C− for health
20% of Pierce Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both Indiana’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). 41% of Pierce Township adults have high blood pressure. Pierce Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Pierce Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pierce Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.6% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Pierce Township
Pierce Township has 92 jobs for its 1,050 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.3 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Pierce Township for work: only 1% work in town. Pierce Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Pierce Township has lost 35 jobs, to 92 in 2023.
| Pierce Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Pierce Township
Pierce Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pierce Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.9% of Pierce Township
Just 199 of its 22,753 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pierce Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Pierce Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Pierce Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pekin Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pierce Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Pierce Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Pierce Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Pierce Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Pierce Township is one of thirteen townships in Washington County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,504 and it contained 1,142 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 804 ft
Pierce Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Pierce Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Township | #498 | C | A | — | B | C− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Polk Township | #287 | B | A | — | B | C |
| Washington Township | #554 | C− | A | — | C | D |
| Howard Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | D |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
Jackson Township, Howard Township and Franklin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pierce Township, Jackson Township, Polk Township, Washington Township, Howard Township and Franklin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pierce Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pierce Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pierce Township, IN a good place to live?
Pierce Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #498 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pierce 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.