Richland TownshipMadison County, IN
A town of 5,232, organized in 1834.
Is Richland Township a good place to live?
Richland Township grades D overall, 572nd of 585 graded towns in Indiana, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 80% of the state's. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Richland Township’s median rent is $2,125 a month, above both Indiana’s towns ($946 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 91% of U.S. towns.
99% of working residents leave Richland Township for work
Where Richland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Richland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Richland Township is from typical.
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Moving to Richland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richland 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 Richland Township.
Most working residents commute out of Richland Township
Richland Township has 436 jobs for its 2,157 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Richland Township for work: only 1% work in town. 3% of residents live below the poverty line in Richland Township. Since 2013, Richland Township has added 91 jobs, to 436 in 2023.
| Richland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Indiana overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (17% statewide). The median age in Richland Township is 48.3 years. Richland Township has grown 3.5% since 2020, to 5,232 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Richland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Richland Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On CDC estimates, Richland Township is less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns
Richland Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 14% of Richland Township adults binge drink.
| Richland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Richland Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.3% |
| More adults with arthritis | 33.4% | 28.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Richland Township
Richland Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Richland Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richland Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hinkle Fieldhouse and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richland Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
26 mi MuseumConner Prairie
20 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
39 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a year
38 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a year
40 mi TheatreOld National CentrePhoto credits
Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, 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 · Old National Centre: C. Bedford Crenshaw, aka Bedford at en.wikipedia, Attribution
Everything we know about Richland Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Richland Township
About 3 of every 100 Richland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Richland Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Richland Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 4,775 and it contained 2,109 housing units.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 889 ft
Richland Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Richland Township.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Anderson (D) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Township | #572 | D | B− | — | C− | C |
| Lafayette Township | #209 | B+ | A+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Union Township | #360 | B− | A+ | — | C− | C+ |
| Yorktown | #54 | A | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Monroe Township | #342 | B− | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Anderson | #563 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
Richland Township, Lafayette Township, Union Township, Yorktown and Monroe Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Richland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Richland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Richland Township, IN a good place to live?
Richland Township grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #572 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Richland 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−.