Walnut TownshipIN
A town of 1,369. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Walnut Township a good place to live?
The best of Walnut Township’s subject grades are an A for schools and cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Walnut Township’s median age is 51 years, against 39.4 years in Indiana’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Walnut Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Walnut Township stand out
Where Walnut Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Walnut Elementary School | PK–5 | 166 |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
1,369 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Walnut Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Walnut Township is from typical.
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Moving to Walnut Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Walnut 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 Walnut Township.
Walnut Township’s schools rank ahead of 90% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by South Montgomery Com School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 166 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnut Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Walnut Township for work: only 2% work in town. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Walnut Township, below both the Indiana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Walnut Township grew to 110 in 2023, 43 more than in 2013.
| Walnut Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Walnut Township are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Walnut Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 39% of Walnut Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Walnut Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Walnut Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
| More adults with arthritis | 31.6% | 28.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walnut Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Walnut Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Walnut Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). 20% of residents are under 18 in Walnut Township. Walnut Township has grown 3.1% since 2020, to 1,369 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Walnut Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 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 ±4.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 96% are men (IN 51%).
| Walnut Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 49.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leland Cornette Memorial Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lucas Oil Stadium and 39 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Walnut Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
36 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
32 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
33 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
35 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
32 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Walnut Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Walnut Township
About 4 of every 100 Walnut Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
98% of working residents leave Walnut Township for work
Where Walnut Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Walnut Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Walnut Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,303 (down from 1,394 in 2010) and it contained 568 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
Questions about Walnut Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Walnut Township, IN a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Walnut 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.