Union TownshipIN
Is Union Township a good place to live?
The best of Union Township’s subject grades are an A for schools and cost of living and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. On the outdoors, just 103 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Peace Farm Nature Preserve, at 24 acres. Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% 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.
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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.
A smaller share of working residents in Union Township work locally than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
The share of residents in Union Township who live below the poverty line is 6%, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Its average trip to work stands at 40 minutes. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (31%), Bluffton (12%) and Huntington (5%). The median commute is under 15 miles.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Union Township
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 19°, with about 34 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Indiana overall
For residents in Union Township, the share who are under 18 is 21%. People 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). The town’s midpoint age stands at 48.8 years, above both the Indiana town median (39.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Population is up 2.4% in the town since 2020, to 2,131 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.8 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 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 ±5.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Union Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Union Township, mostly inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Union Township, 58% come from inland flooding and 19% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Union Township are healthier than 51% of U.S. towns
Two figures for adults in Union Township: 40% have obesity, 11% worry about having enough food. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Union Township is ahead of Indiana on 8 and behind on 2. Union Township: 16% of adults report frequent mental distress.
| Union Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Union Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peace Farm Nature Preserve | — | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
35 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
12 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential Museum
14 mi MuseumForks of the Wabash
40 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
16 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain · Forks of the Wabash: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Union Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 3 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 nine townships in Wells County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,075 (down from 2,138 at 2010) and it contained 846 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 791 ft
Union Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | — | A | — | A | B− |
| Union Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C |
| Jefferson Township | #72 | A | A | — | A | B− |
| Rockcreek Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
| Lafayette Township | #182 | A− | B− | — | A− | B |
Union Township, Union Township and Rockcreek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Union Township, Jefferson Township, Rockcreek Township and Lafayette 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?
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.