Pleasant TownshipIN
A town of 2,387.
Is Pleasant Township a good place to live?
The best of Pleasant Township’s subject grades are a B+ for schools and history; the weakest is a D− for walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Disko Fen, at 57 acres. Pleasant Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pleasant Township stand out
Where Pleasant Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave 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.
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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.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant Township’s workers commute out
Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles. Jobs in Pleasant Township fell by 43 from 2013 to 2023, to 250. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 2% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are North Manchester (19%), Warsaw (10%) and Wabash (7%).
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pleasant Township’s public schools outperform 69% of Indiana districts
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Manchester Community Schools. Pleasant Township’s only public school teaches 285 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 285 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Pleasant Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 73% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Pleasant Township, 40% come from inland flooding and 22% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
The share of adults 25 and older in Pleasant Township who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 20%, against 22% in Indiana’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). The town’s age of the median resident is 48.3 years.
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Pleasant Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 51.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.5% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Pleasant Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Pleasant Township are less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns
Pleasant Township does better than the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. The share of adults in Pleasant Township who sleep under 7 hours: 33%. Two figures for adults in the town: 40% have high blood pressure, 81% had a checkup this year.
| Pleasant Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Pleasant Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.1% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pleasant Township has set aside 0.4% of its land for conservation
1.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Pleasant Township: 3, covering 89 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Disko Fen | — | 57 |
| 2. Laketon Bog Nature Preserve | — | 31 |
| 3. Laketon Public Access Site | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pleasant Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasant Township
About 6 of every 100 Pleasant Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Pleasant Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Pleasant Township is one of seven townships in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,388 (down from 2,412 at 2010) and it contained 1,000 housing units.
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- Area
- 55 sq mi
- Elevation
- 801 ft
Pleasant Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Pleasant Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Chester Township | #41 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Paw Paw Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Henry Township | #294 | B | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| North Manchester | #53 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Lake Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Seward Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | C |
Pleasant Township, Paw Paw Township, Lake Township and Seward Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pleasant Township, Chester Township, Paw Paw Township, Henry Township, North Manchester, Lake Township and Seward 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 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−.