Preble TownshipIN
A town of 1,053.
Is Preble Township a good place to live?
The best of Preble Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and incomes; the weakest is a C− for health. 12% of residents are 65 or older in Preble Township, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 7 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Preble Township. On civic life, just 2 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. Preble Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,053 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Preble Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Preble Township is from typical.
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Moving to Preble Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Preble 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 Preble Township.
Preble Township is less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns
Preble Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 41% of adults have obesity in Preble Township, above both the Indiana town median (39%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 14% of Preble Township adults have diabetes.
| Preble Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Preble Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.3% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Preble Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Preble Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Preble Township has lost 75 jobs, to 84 in 2023. The average trip to work in Preble Township is 21 minutes.
| Preble Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Preble Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Preble Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Indiana overall
Children under 18 are 31% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (17% statewide). Preble Township’s median age is 32.4 years. Preble Township has grown 2.3% since 2020, to 1,053 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Preble Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 32% and 69% women
The Census survey reached too few of Preble Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±18.7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Preble Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.9% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Preble Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Preble Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi State parkGrand Lake St. Marys State Park
34 mi MuseumFort Recovery
18 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
34 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
16 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
24 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential MuseumPhoto credits
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park: Bruin, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · 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 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain
Everything we know about Preble Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Preble Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Preble Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
99% of working residents leave Preble Township for work
Where Preble Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Preble Township
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Preble is an unincorporated community in Preble Township, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is approximately 4 miles west of Decatur, Indiana.
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- Elevation
- 814 ft
- ZIP code
- 46782
Questions about Preble Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Preble 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 B+.