Union TownshipIN
A town of 1,841.
Is Union Township a good place to live?
The best of Union Township’s subject grades are a B+ for schools and a B for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. Union Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, below both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On civic life, just 89 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. 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.
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.
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Union Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Union Township’s schools rank ahead of 72% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Tippecanoe School Corp. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 491 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
In Union Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Union Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Union Township’s adults have obesity
31% of Union Township adults have obesity, against 39% in Indiana’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 33% of Union Township adults have high blood pressure. Union Township beats the Indiana average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with obesity | 30.9% | 38.4% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.8% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About two in five of Union Township’s working residents commute to Lafayette
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 2% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Union Township. The top destinations are Lafayette (38%), West Lafayette (24%) and Indianapolis (6%).
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Union Township has grown 4.5% since 2020, to 1,841 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Union Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Union Township has set aside 0.2% of its land for conservation
3.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 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. Shadeland Recreation Center | 0.1 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ross–Ade Stadium and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
13 mi State parkProphetstown State Park23 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal32 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach
34 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park
7 mi MuseumSamaraPhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samara: Tim Musson, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
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 thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,610 and it contained 675 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
Union Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B |
| Shadeland | — | — | B | — | B+ | A− |
| Wabash Township | – | B+ | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Wea Township | #278 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Wayne Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | A− |
| Lafayette | #452 | C+ | B− | C− | B | B− |
| Fairfield Township | #242 | B+ | B− | — | B | B− |
Union Township, Shadeland and Wayne Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Shadeland, Wabash Township, Wea Township, Wayne Township and Fairfield 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 expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.