Van Buren TownshipKosciusko County, IN
Population 4,324: a town in Indiana.
Is Van Buren Township a good place to live?
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. It does especially well on cost of living: a typical home costs about $189K, 2.5 years of the Warsaw area’s $75K median household income. With a B overall, Van Buren Township is better than three fifths of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 302nd of 585 in Indiana. Incomes are a strength too: the median household earns $73K. What holds it back is health — residents are less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the outdoors, just 104 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. The town’s typical journey to work is 29 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · USGS PAD-US.
What makes Van Buren Township stand out
Where Van Buren Township beats most towns.
How Van Buren Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Van Buren Township is from typical.
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Moving to Van Buren Township: who provides what
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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Van Buren Township.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Van Buren Township: inland flooding
Two fifths of Van Buren Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 21%. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Van Buren Township’s public schools trail 61% of Indiana districts
Its one school is below. Van Buren Township’s only public school teaches 262 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 262 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Van Buren Township’s grade for health is a C
Two figures for adults in Van Buren Township: 40% have high blood pressure, 28% get no exercise outside work. Van Buren Township: 18% of adults smoke cigarettes.
| Van Buren Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Van Buren Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Van Buren Township’s year
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With only 0.8 jobs per working resident, most people in Van Buren Township work out of town
Jobs based here fell from 2,063 in 2013 to 1,613.
The top destinations are Warsaw (10%), Goshen (9%) and Elkhart (8%). Jobs in Van Buren Township fell by 450 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,613. 4.7% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away.
| Van Buren Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Van Buren Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Van Buren Township
About 3 of every 100 Van Buren Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Van Buren Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Van Buren Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,311 (up from 4,168 at 2010) and it contained 1,946 housing units. Van Buren Township was organized in 1836.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 840 ft
Van Buren Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Van Buren Township.
Jackson Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Van Buren Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C+ to A−).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Township | #302 | B | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Jackson Township | #293 | B | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Turkey Creek Township | #317 | B | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Plain Township | #335 | B− | B | — | B+ | C |
Jefferson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Van Buren Township, Jackson Township, Jefferson Township, Turkey Creek Township and Plain Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Van Buren Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Van Buren Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Van Buren Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Van Buren Township grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #302 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and C+ for schools.
Is Van Buren 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−.