Springfield TownshipAllen County, IN
A town of 4,745.
Is Springfield Township a good place to live?
Springfield Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $277K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 227th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, the median household earns $85K. Springfield Township’s median age is 31 years, below both Indiana’s towns (39.5 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
What makes Springfield Township stand out
Where Springfield Township beats most towns.
90% of working residents leave Springfield Township for work
Where Springfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Springfield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Springfield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Springfield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Springfield 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 Springfield Township.
Springfield Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Springfield Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 472 in 2013 to 719.
Most working residents leave Springfield Township for work: only 10% work in town. 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Springfield Township. Since 2013, Springfield Township has added 247 jobs, to 719 in 2023.
| Springfield Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Springfield Township’s public schools outperform 54% of Indiana districts
Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupert Ridge School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 72 | – |
| Harlan Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 104 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Springfield Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 2013, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Springfield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Springfield Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Springfield Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 31% of residents (37% statewide); children under 18 are 29% of residents (23% statewide). Springfield Township has grown 4.6% since 2020, to 4,745 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 21% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Springfield Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 18% | 18% |
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 ±5.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 35 to 44, 65% are men (IN 50%).
| Springfield Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 23.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 28% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,700, single groups can be off by several points
Springfield Township ranks healthier than 55% of the country’s towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 77% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Springfield Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Springfield Township adults binge drink.
| Springfield Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Springfield Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Springfield Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
16 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo32 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
16 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
17 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
39 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential MuseumPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, 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
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Everything we know about Springfield Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Springfield Township
About 2 of every 100 Springfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Springfield Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Springfield Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,349. The principal town in Springfield Township is the village of Harlan.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 820 ft
Springfield Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Springfield Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | #227 | B+ | B | — | B− | B− |
| Cedar Creek Township | #246 | B+ | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Spencer Township | — | — | B | — | B | B− |
| Scipio Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spencer Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Springfield Township, Cedar Creek Township and Spencer Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Scipio Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Springfield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Springfield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Springfield Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Springfield Township grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #227 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Is Springfield 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.