Union TownshipMontgomery County, IN
A town of 25,751. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Union Township a good place to live?
Union Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $174K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Crawfordsville area’s $71K median household income. It grades A− overall, 129th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 81% of the country. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 86% of Indiana towns. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns. 41% of working residents work locally in Union Township, against 11% in Indiana’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Milligan Park, at 42 acres.
What makes Union Township stand out
Where Union Township beats most towns.
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 earns an A for schools
That grade comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $174K.
Public schools: the Crawfordsville Community Schools. Below: Three of its 12 schools, each with why it was picked. The 6 public schools in Union Township teach 2,220 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordsville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 569 | C− |
| Crawfordsville Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 682 | B+ |
| Sugar Creek Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 271 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Union Township earns a C− for health
30% of Union Township adults get no exercise outside work. The share of adults in Union Township who smoke cigarettes: 18%.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.8% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 29.6% | 24.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Union Township has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Union Township, 40% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Compared with 84% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. Since 1998, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out here.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Union Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 18° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 22 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Union Township’s working residents commute to Crawfordsville
Half of commuters travel less than 21 miles. Union Township’s mean commuting time is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Crawfordsville (34%), Indianapolis (9%) and Lafayette (6%). Just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line here.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.8% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No age group stands out in Union Township against Indiana
Here, a fifth of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 30% in Indiana as a whole. By age, Union Township looks like Indiana: each broad group is within 4 points. 25,751 people lived in Union Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.6% more than in 2020.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49.6% women, 50.4% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±0.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.4, men 38.5.
| Union Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
0.7% of the land in Union Township is protected from building
Count the trails in 4 parks and preserves and they come to 3.2 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Milligan Park | 0.1 mi | 42 |
| 2. Sugar Creek Nature Park | — | 30 |
| 3. Fishero Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ross–Ade Stadium and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Township. Close and well known come first.
27 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
20 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park
32 mi State parkProphetstown State Park40 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal
in town MuseumGeneral Lew Wallace Study
6 mi MuseumRopkey Armor MuseumPhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · General Lew Wallace Study: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ropkey Armor Museum: John Schanlaub, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 6 of every 100 Union Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Union Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Union Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,087 (up from 24,587 at 2010) and it contained 10,949 housing units. Wabash College is located in Crawfordsville in this township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 112 sq mi
- Elevation
- 784 ft
Union Township’s neighbors
9 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | #129 | A− | A | — | A | C− |
| Ripley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Madison Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Coal Creek Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C |
| Scott Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wayne Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C |
| Walnut Township | — | — | A | — | A | C |
Franklin Township, Madison Township, Coal Creek Township, Wayne Township and Walnut Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Franklin Township, Madison Township, Coal Creek Township, Wayne Township and Walnut Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Ripley Township and Scott 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 a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Union Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #129 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and A for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.