Taylor TownshipIN
A town of 9,436.
Is Taylor Township a good place to live?
Taylor Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $169K, 2.6 years of the Kokomo metro’s $64K median household income. It grades C overall, 485th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its schools rank behind 76% of the state's. That puts Taylor Township above both Indiana’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. On history, just 25 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse.
What makes Taylor Township stand out
Where Taylor Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Taylor Township for work
Where Taylor Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Taylor Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Taylor Township is from typical.
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Moving to Taylor Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Taylor 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 Taylor Township.
Taylor Township trails Harrison Township and its other neighbors on schools, but it has little public open land.
Taylor Township earns a C− for schools
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than that grade, Harrison Township highest at A.
Its public schools are run by Taylor Community School Corp. Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The largest public high school is Taylor High School, with 343 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 494 | D |
| Taylor High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 343 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Taylor Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based in Taylor Township grew to 1,374 in 2023, 255 more than in 2013. Only 4% of working residents stay in Taylor Township for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: the town’s typical journey to work is 19 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 16 miles.
| Taylor Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 5.6% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Taylor Township trails 73% of U.S. towns
Taylor Township: a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with depression. In Taylor Township, just over two in five adults have high blood pressure, and 31% feel lonely.
| Taylor Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Taylor Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 6.8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.1% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a low hazard risk in Taylor Township: inland flooding
The national flood insurance program has paid 9 claims in Taylor Township since 1990. On expected storm and flood damage, Taylor Township sits below 74% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 43% come from inland flooding and 22% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Taylor Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Taylor Township is conserved land
Just 9 of its 19,340 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Taylor Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mohawk Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Mendota Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Taylor Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Taylor Township
About 4 of every 100 Taylor Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Taylor Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Taylor Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,396, up from 9,294 in 2010.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 840 ft
Taylor Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Taylor Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Township | #485 | C | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Howard Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C− |
| Center Township | #492 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
| Harrison Township | #175 | A− | B | — | A | C+ |
| Liberty Township | #133 | A− | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Liberty Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | B |
| Union Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
Howard Township, Liberty Township and Union Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Taylor Township, Howard Township, Center Township, Harrison Township, Liberty Township, Liberty Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Taylor Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Taylor Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Taylor Township, IN a good place to live?
Taylor Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #485 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Taylor 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+.