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A city of 84,515.
Pike Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 390th among Indiana's 585 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 65% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 76% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $225K, 2.8 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. 19% of the land in Pike Township is conserved, where Indiana’s towns sit at 1.9% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Eagle Creek Park, 4,674 acres with 42.6 miles of trail. Only 28 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Pike Township beats most towns.
18.5% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Pike Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,999 in 1890, 83,030 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and a map from 1986 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pike Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
6 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
9 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
6 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a yearLucas 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 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pike 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Pike Township.
Pike Township draws workers from Indianapolis and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
The density of trails for Pike Township comes to 1.1 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Indiana’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. 48 miles of trail wind through 7 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in the town: 7, covering 4,884 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Eagle Creek Park | 42.6 mi | 4,674 |
| 2. North Westway Park | — | 112 |
| 3. Disc Golf Course | — | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 20 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Public schools: the MSD Pike Township school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guion Creek Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 833 | D |
| Pike High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,188 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
71,658 jobs are based in Pike Township, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Among working residents in Pike Township, 17% work locally. Since 2013, Pike Township has added 4,757 jobs, to 71,658 in 2023. For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away. The top destinations are Indianapolis (62%), Carmel (7%) and Plainfield (4%).
| Pike Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 12% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 19°, and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,468 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pike Township’s, it is healthier than 82%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income. Within Indiana it is healthier than 86% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Pike Township: 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours. 12% of Pike Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Pike Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Pike Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| Fewer smokers | 12.2% | 15.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.7% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On expected storm and flood damage, Pike Township sits below 55% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1978: 20. 61% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 13%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Pike Township
About 7 of every 100 Pike Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Where Pike Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Pike Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Indiana, United States
Pike Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, North America, located in the northwestern portion of the county. The entire township is administratively part of Indianapolis, although a portion of the included town of Clermont lies in the southwest corner. As of the 2020 census, Pike Township had a population of 83,030 living in an area of approximately 107 km² (41.5 mi²). Pike Township was named for Zebulon Pike. The Metropolitan School District of Pike Township nearly covers the township, but a small area in the south is within the Indianapolis Public Schools system. The private Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is also in this township. Eagle Creek P…
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5 towns share a border with Pike Township.
Zionsville next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Pike Township’s C−) and lower for cost of living (C− to B).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | #390 | B− | B | — | C− | B |
| Indianapolis | — | — | C | D | — | — |
| Washington Township | #385 | B− | C | — | C− | A− |
| Zionsville | #18 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A |
| Brown Township | #64 | A | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Wayne Township | #542 | C− | B+ | — | C− | C− |
Pike Township, Washington Township, Brown Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indianapolis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pike Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pike Township grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #390 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
