Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,864.
The best of Washington Township’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C− for health. 14% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Washington Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 29%. A typical home costs about $146K, 2.5 years of the Muncie metro’s $58K median household income. Washington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Washington 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 Washington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,863 in 1890, a peak of 2,468 in 1980, 1,849 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1941 and 2 maps from 1960 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Washington 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 Washington Township.
Washington Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 20% of Washington Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both Indiana’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). 15% of adults have diabetes in Washington Township.
| Washington Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Washington Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Wes-Del Community Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wes-Del Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 427 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Washington Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Washington Township has lost 117 jobs, to 115 in 2023. The average trip to work in Washington Township is 28 minutes.
| Washington Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Washington Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Washington Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi MuseumConner Prairie
32 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
39 mi MuseumFort Recovery
33 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum
12 mi GardenMinnetrista39 mi MuseumGrissom Air MuseumConner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Washington Township
About 7 of every 100 Washington Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Washington Township is one of twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana. According to the 2020 census, its population was 1,849 and it contained 889 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with Washington Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Jefferson Township | #300 | B | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Harrison Township | #412 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C+ |
| Union Township | #332 | B− | A+ | — | A− | C− |
| Van Buren Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
Washington Township and Van Buren Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Washington Township, Jefferson Township, Harrison Township, Union Township and Van Buren Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Washington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.
