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A town of 4,057.
Salem Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $180K, 3.1 years of the Muncie metro’s $58K median household income. It grades B− overall, 345th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Richwood Evangelical Lutheran Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Salem Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Where Salem Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Salem Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 2 maps from 1960 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Salem 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 Salem Township.
Salem Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has little public open land.
Salem Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its public schools are run by the Daleville Community Schools. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Daleville Jr-Sr High School, with 435 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daleville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 553 | B− |
| Daleville Jr-Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 435 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Salem Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Salem Township for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Salem Township fell to 2,058 in 2023, 319 fewer than in 2013. 6.3% of Salem Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Salem Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Indiana it is healthier than 63% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Salem Township beats the Indiana average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Salem Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Salem Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 53 of its 22,427 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Salem Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Daleville Community Park | 0.6 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Salem Township’s median age is 44.3 years. Salem Township has grown 2.2% since 2020, to 4,057 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Salem Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 22% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Salem Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,100, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salem Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
29 mi MuseumConner Prairie
23 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
40 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a year
38 mi Stadium & arenaCorteva Coliseum
27 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation MuseumHinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0 · Corteva Coliseum: Mberkery1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Salem Township
About 4 of every 100 Salem Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Salem Township is one of twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana. According to the 2010 census, its population was 4,034 and it contained 1,729 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with Salem Township.
Union Township next door grades lower for schools (C− to Salem Township’s B) and higher for cost of living (A+ to B).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Township | #345 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Yorktown | #54 | A | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Fall Creek Township | #100 | A | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Monroe Township | #407 | C+ | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Union Township | #360 | B− | A+ | — | C− | C+ |
Salem Township, Yorktown, Fall Creek Township, Monroe Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Salem Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Salem Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #345 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
