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Van Buren Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $134K, 2.4 years of the Terre Haute metro’s $57K median household income. It grades B overall, ranked 273rd of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. Eaglefield Place is on the National Register of Historic Places. 15% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Van Buren Township, against 22% in Indiana’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
Where Van Buren Township beats most towns.
Eaglefield Place| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Elementary School | K–5 | 275 |
Where Van Buren Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Van Buren Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 4 maps from 1950 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Van Buren 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Van Buren Township.
Van Buren Township draws workers from Terre Haute and beyond, but it has little public open land.
3,054 jobs are based in Van Buren Township, 2.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The top destinations are Terre Haute (15%), Brazil (12%) and Greencastle (8%). Jobs in Van Buren Township grew by 289 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 3,054. The average trip to work in the town is 27 minutes. Half commute less than 16 miles.
| Van Buren Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Van Buren Township’s public school: 275 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 275 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
18% of Van Buren Township adults report frequent mental distress. In Van Buren Township, 41% of adults have high blood pressure, and 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Van Buren Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Van Buren Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 8.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.1% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On expected storm and flood damage, Van Buren Township sits below 71% of U.S. communities. Just over two fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 14%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 9 of its 20,575 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Van Buren Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Across 1 park or preserve: 1.3 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Van Buren Township: one, of 7 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harmony Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Van Buren Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
24 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park
39 mi Stadium & arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
40 mi MuseumEskenazi Museum of Art20 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
37 mi MuseumRopkey Armor MuseumMemorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall: Sean Benham from Chicago, CC BY 2.0 · Eskenazi Museum of Art: Kzollman (Kevin J.S. Zollman)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ropkey Armor Museum: John Schanlaub, CC BY 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Van Buren Township
About 2 of every 100 Van Buren Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Van Buren Township is one of eleven townships in Clay County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,203 (down from 3,528 at 2010) and it contained 1,415 housing units.
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7 towns share a border with Van Buren Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Washington Township (B) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Township | #273 | B | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Dick Johnson Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Washington Township | #288 | B | A | — | A− | D |
| Knightsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township · Jackson Township | #322 | B | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Brazil · Brazil Township | #482 | C | A− | C− | B+ | D |
Dick Johnson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Van Buren Township, Dick Johnson Township, Washington Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Knightsville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Jackson Township and Jackson Township are one community, graded once. Brazil Township and Brazil are one community, graded once. Compare Van Buren Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Van Buren Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #273 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.
