Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. The weak point is health (D) — residents are less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It lags on incomes as well — the median household income is $61K, and just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line. Its strongest subject is cost of living: a typical home costs about $154K, 2.5 years of the Peru area’s $61K median household income. Overall, that makes a C−, good for 517th of 585 in Indiana. Set against the rest, it does better than 25% of U.S. towns. 55% of households own their home in Pipe Creek Township, below both the Indiana town median (76%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). 14% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Pipe Creek Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
Where Pipe Creek Township beats most towns.
Where Pipe Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Pipe Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2008 and 3 maps from 1951 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pipe Creek 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 Pipe Creek Township.
Pipe Creek Township has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it has little public open land.
For adults in Pipe Creek Township, the share who report frequent physical distress is 16%. Two figures for adults in the town: 20% smoke cigarettes, 15% have diabetes.
| Pipe Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pipe Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.5% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools: Maconaquah School Corp. Its one school is below. 363 students attend Pipe Creek Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe Creek Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–1 | Grades PK–1 | 363 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 667 in 2013 to 1,120.
Pipe Creek Township had 1,120 jobs in 2023, up 453 from 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away. The top destinations are Kokomo (15%), Peru (12%) and Indianapolis (5%).
| Pipe Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected losses in Pipe Creek Township break down as 42% from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Compared with 71% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 21 inches of snow, with January nights at 18° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 15 of its 16,289 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pipe Creek Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
3 parks and preserves cover 6 acres in Pipe Creek Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bunker Hill Park | — | 4 |
| 2. North Lincoln Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Shaw Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pipe Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi State parkProphetstown State Park34 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach
7 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
16 mi MuseumElwood Haynes MuseumProphetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Elwood Haynes Museum: Nyttend, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Pipe Creek Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Pipe Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
2 places in Pipe Creek Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Indiana, United States
Pipe Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,778 (up from 6,294 at 2010) and it contained 2,926 housing units. The north three-quarters of Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base is in the southwest corner of the township.
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5 towns share a border with Pipe Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe Creek Township | #517 | C− | A− | — | C | D |
| Washington Township | #564 | D | A | — | C | D |
| Tipton Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Deer Creek Township | #503 | C | A | — | C | C− |
| Peru · Peru Township | #375 | B− | A | A | B− | D |
Tipton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pipe Creek Township, Washington Township, Tipton Township and Deer Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Peru Township and Peru are one community, graded once. Compare Pipe Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pipe Creek Township grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #517 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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−.
