Union TownshipIN
A town of 2,421.
Is Union Township a good place to live?
Union Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Union Township, above both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On hazard risk, just 36 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. The median household income is $57K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 67 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area, at 602 acres. 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.
98% 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
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.
Union Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Union Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Union Township’s schools rank behind 53% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by La Porte Community School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsford Heights Elementary SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 150 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Health in Union Township trails 75% of U.S. towns
Union Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Union Township, above both the Indiana town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 40% of adults have high blood pressure in Union Township.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 15.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.3% | 28.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Union Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Union Township grew to 175 in 2023, 71 more than in 2013. The top destinations are La Porte (27%), Michigan City (7%) and South Bend (5%).
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Union Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Union Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Union Township has set aside 6.6% of its land for conservation
3.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area | 0.9 mi | 602 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Notre Dame Stadium and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
14 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
27 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
31 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
31 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
25 mi MuseumStudebaker National MuseumPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain
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Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 2 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 twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,281 (down from 2,348 at 2010) and it contained 961 housing units.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 692 ft
Union Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
| Noble Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Washington Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Davis Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Johnson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Union Township, Noble Township and Washington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Noble Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Davis Township and Johnson Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Union Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Union Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.