Stony Creek TownshipIN
Is Stony Creek Township a good place to live?
Stony Creek Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $188K, 2.3 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 153rd of 585 graded towns in Indiana. 16% of workers work from home in Stony Creek Township, above both Indiana’s towns (7.8%) and U.S. towns (11%).
How Stony Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Stony Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Stony Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek Township.
Stony Creek Township trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has little public open land.
Stony Creek Township’s schools rank ahead of 67% of Indiana districts
Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. The largest public high school is Lapel Sr High School, with 462 students. Public schools: the Frankton-Lapel Community Schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapel Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 675 | B− |
| Lapel Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 462 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Stony Creek Township’s year
Winters in Stony Creek Township are chilly and summers warm. Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 18 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Few of Stony Creek Township’s working residents work in town
Stony Creek Township has about as many jobs (1,519) as working residents, but only 122 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 656 in 2013 to 1,519.
7.3% of Stony Creek Township residents live below the poverty line. This Indiana town had 1,519 jobs in 2023, up 863 from 2013. Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles. The top destinations are Indianapolis (19%), Noblesville (13%) and Anderson (10%).
| Stony Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.4% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Stony Creek Township: inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 63% of U.S. communities. Stony Creek Township has had 3 paid flood insurance claims since 1985. FEMA puts 58% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana. Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide). For residents in Stony Creek Township, the share who are 65 or older is 14%. Population is up 7.3% locally since 2020, to 4,196 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Stony Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 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 ±3.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Stony Creek Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
Stony Creek Township is healthier than 51% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 74% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
In Stony Creek Township, just over four in five adults had a checkup this year. CDC measures, 32 in all: Stony Creek Township beats Indiana on 4 and trails on 2. Among adults in the town, 34% have obesity and 26% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Stony Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Stony Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Stony Creek Township is conserved land
Just 0 of its 18,011 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Stony Creek Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lapel Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lucas Oil Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stony Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
28 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
13 mi MuseumConner Prairie
25 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
28 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
8 mi TheatreRuoff Music CenterPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Stony Creek Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Stony Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Stony Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Stony Creek Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Stony Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,871 and it contained 1,613 housing units. It was named from a stream in the northwestern part.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
Stony Creek Township’s neighbors
9 towns share a border with Stony Creek Township.
Wayne Township next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Stony Creek Township’s B+) and lower for cost of living (C+ to B+).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Creek Township | #153 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Wayne Township | #122 | A− | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Green Township | #187 | A− | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Anderson · Anderson Township | #563 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
| Fishersburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lapel | #99 | A | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Pendleton | #87 | A | B | — | B+ | B+ |
Jackson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Stony Creek Township, Wayne Township, Green Township, Jackson Township, Lapel and Pendleton report no FBI crime data of their own. Fishersburg isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Anderson Township and Anderson are one community, graded once. Compare Stony Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Stony Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stony Creek Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Stony Creek Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #153 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
Is Stony Creek 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+.