Pleasant TownshipAllen County, IN
A town of 3,092.
Is Pleasant Township a good place to live?
Pleasant Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $189K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 440th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 27 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. 95% of households own their home in Pleasant Township, above both Indiana’s towns (76%) and U.S. towns (73%).
What makes Pleasant Township stand out
Where Pleasant Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 5,161 people come to Pleasant Township for work
Where Pleasant Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pleasant Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Pleasant Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pleasant Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township.
Pleasant Township draws workers from Fort Wayne and beyond and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
More than half of Pleasant Township’s working residents commute to Fort Wayne
5,234 jobs are based in Pleasant Township, 3.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 3,790 in 2013 to 5,234.
Most working residents leave Pleasant Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Pleasant Township has added 1,444 jobs, to 5,234 in 2023. 4.9% of Pleasant Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Pleasant Township fall behind 70% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by the Fort Wayne Community Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Wayne High School, with 1,398 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Aloysius Catholic School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 60 | – |
| Wayne High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,398 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Low risk in Pleasant Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Pleasant Township since 2001.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Baer Field Heritage Air Park | 0.4 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Pleasant Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Pleasant Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Pleasant Township is 44.4 years. Pleasant Township has grown 4.2% since 2020, to 3,092 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 60% are men (IN 41%).
| Pleasant Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,100, single groups can be off by several points
Pleasant Township is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 65% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Pleasant Township tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Pleasant Township.
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pleasant Township. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
28 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
9 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
8 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
18 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential Museum
20 mi MuseumForks of the WabashPhoto credits
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain · Forks of the Wabash: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
,_Conservatorio_bot%C3%A1nico,_Fort_Wayne,_Indiana,_Estados_Unidos,_2012-11-12,_DD_01.jpg){kind=link}
Everything we know about Pleasant Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasant Township
About 3 of every 100 Pleasant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Pleasant Township has shrunk 7% since 2010
3,312 counted in 2010 and 2,964 in 2020; an estimated 3,092 in 2025.
The decline has turned around: up 4.2% since 2020, after a 10.5% drop in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Pleasant Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Pleasant Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,312.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 787 ft
Pleasant Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Pleasant Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | #440 | C+ | B | — | C | C+ |
| Wayne Township | #489 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
| Marion Township | #462 | C+ | A | — | B− | C− |
| Lafayette Township | #182 | A− | B− | — | A− | B |
| Jefferson Township | #72 | A | A | — | A | B− |
Pleasant Township, Wayne Township, Marion Township, Lafayette Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pleasant Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pleasant Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pleasant Township, IN a good place to live?
Pleasant Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #440 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pleasant Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.