Union TownshipIN
A town of 1,532. 41% more nonprofits 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 walkability. Only 43 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns score lower on health. 17% of the land in Union Township is conserved, against 1.9% in Indiana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 76 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history. Raccoon State Recreation Area, at 592 acres with 5.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 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, and one thing worth knowing.
95% 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.
Health in Union Township trails 94% of U.S. towns
Union Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 22% of Union Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Indiana town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 20% of adults report frequent mental distress in Union Township.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.8% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 21.5% | 15.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 19.2% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Union Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 5% work in town. 19% of Union Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Union Township has added 246 jobs, to 381 in 2023.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 29% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Union Township’s median age is 49.4 years. Union Township has grown 3.9% since 2020, to 1,532 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Union Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 23% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raccoon State Recreation Area | 5.3 mi | 592 |
| 2. Lake Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Union Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Union Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Union Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Union Township since 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 0 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 thirteen townships in Parke County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,482 and it contained 1,207 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 705 ft
Union Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Adams Township | #430 | C+ | A | — | B− | D |
| Clinton Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Greene Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Russell Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Union Township and Clinton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Adams Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Greene Township, Jackson Township and Russell 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?
41% more nonprofits 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−.