Union TownshipIN
A town of 1,256. 2.4 times the library visits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Union Township a good place to live?
Union Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for incomes. 11% of residents are under 18 in Union Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 22 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 90 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do better. Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Union Township stand out
Where Union Township beats most towns.
1,256 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Union Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Union Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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.
Residents of Union Township are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns
Union Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 43% of adults have high blood pressure in Union Township, above both the Indiana town median (39%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Union Township.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.8% | 77.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Union Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Union Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 12% work in town. 18% of Union Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Union Township has lost 120 jobs, to 261 in 2023.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Union Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Union Township has chilly, snowy 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
Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Union Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Union Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
88% of working residents leave Union Township for work
Where Union Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Union Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Union Township is one of eight townships in Fulton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,259 (down from 1,397 at 2010) and it contained 691 housing units.
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- Area
- 41 sq mi
- Elevation
- 784 ft
Questions about Union Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Union Township, IN a good place to live?
2.4 times the library visits per person than the typical Indiana town.
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+.