Union TownshipDeKalb County, IN
A town of 14,231. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Union Township a good place to live?
Union Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $193K, 2.6 years of the Auburn area’s $74K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 154th of 585 in Indiana. Only 91 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on the outdoors. Union Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, below both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Greenhurst Commons, at 116 acres.
What makes Union Township stand out
Where Union Township beats most towns.
8 miles of trails in Union Township
4.2% of the town is conserved land, across 13 parks and preserves.
How Union Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Union Township is from typical.
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Moving to Union Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Union 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 Union Township.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rieke Park | 0.3 mi | 66 |
| 2. Courthouse Green | 0.3 mi | 2 |
| 3. Greenhurst Commons | — | 116 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Union Township beat 67% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb Co Ctl United School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKenney-Harrison Elementary SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 620 | B |
| James R Watson Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 590 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Union Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Union Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Union Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 44 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Union Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Union Township trails 65% of U.S. towns
Union Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 43% of Union Township adults have obesity.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in five working residents works right in Union Township
Union Township has about as many jobs (5,977) as working residents, but only 1,265 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 19% work in town. 3.9% of workers work from home in Union Township. Jobs based in Union Township fell to 5,977 in 2023, 448 fewer than in 2013.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 3.9% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Union Township’s median age is 36.1 years. Union Township has grown 3.9% since 2020, to 14,231 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.1 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 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 ±2.3 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 36.8, men 35.1.
| Union Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Union Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Union Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Union Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Union Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,718, up from 13,220 at the 2010 census, and it contained 6,104 housing units. Craig Bassett is the current elected Trustee.
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- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Elevation
- 879 ft
Union Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | #154 | A− | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Jackson Township | #255 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Wilmington Township | #310 | B | A+ | — | B | C− |
| Grant Township | #134 | A− | A+ | — | B+ | C |
Union Township, Jackson Township, Wilmington Township and Grant Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Union Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Union Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Union Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Union Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #154 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools.
Is Union 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 A.