Wayne TownshipHamilton County, IN
A town of 11,641. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
What should you know before moving to Wayne Township?
Wayne Township's standout: its public schools beat 97% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. Overall it grades A−, 122nd of 585 graded towns in Indiana. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country and the median household earns $94K. 52% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wayne Township, against 22% in Indiana’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 48 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns.
What makes Wayne Township stand out
Where Wayne Township beats most towns.
Wayne Township has grown 48% since 2010
7,886 counted in 2010 and 10,935 in 2020; an estimated 11,641 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.5% since 2020, after 38.7% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Wayne Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Wayne Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wayne Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wayne 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 Wayne Township.
Wayne Township has schools in the top 5% of Indiana and sends most of its workers to Indianapolis and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Wayne Township’s grade for schools is an A+
Its A+ ranks #7 of the 592 Indiana towns we grade for schools.
Its public schools are run by the Hamilton Southeastern Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 613 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Wayne Township’s adults report frequent physical distress
11% of Wayne Township adults report frequent physical distress. Wayne Township beats the Indiana average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of Wayne Township adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Wayne Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 26% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Wayne Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Wayne Township’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Wayne Township has 1,458 jobs for its 5,552 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 617 in 2013 to 1,458.
Most working residents leave Wayne Township for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Wayne Township is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Wayne Township has added 841 jobs, to 1,458 in 2023.
| Wayne Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wayne Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Wayne Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Wayne Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0% of Wayne Township
Just 3 of its 22,358 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Wayne Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Finch Creek Park | 0.3 mi | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lucas Oil Stadium and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wayne Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
24 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
in town TheatreRuoff Music Center
8 mi MuseumConner Prairie
20 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
24 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' MonumentPhoto 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 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Wayne Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Wayne Township
About 2 of every 100 Wayne Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
98% of working residents leave Wayne Township for work
Where Wayne Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Wayne Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Wayne Township is one of nine townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States and serves as one of two townships within Noblesville, Indiana's jurisdiction. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,935. In 2007, Noblesville officially opened one of the largest mixed use developments in the state, called the Noblesville Corporate Campus. A portion of the development is located within the township. When completed, it will include a large industrial/commercial park, several housing developments, hotels, greenspace and a large outdoor shopping center called Hamilton Town Center, being built by the Simon Property Group, headquartered in nearby Indianapolis. Hamilton Southeastern Schools…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 823 ft
Wayne Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Wayne Township.
Lapel next door grades lower for schools (B+ to Wayne Township’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C+).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | #122 | A− | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Stony Creek Township | #153 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Noblesville · Noblesville Township | #38 | A | C | A− | A+ | A |
| Fall Creek Township | #56 | A | C− | — | A+ | A |
| Lapel | #99 | A | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Fishersburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| White River Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
White River Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wayne Township, Stony Creek Township, Fall Creek Township, Lapel and White River Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fishersburg isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Noblesville Township and Noblesville are one community, graded once. Compare Wayne Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wayne Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wayne Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wayne Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #122 of 585 in Indiana. It grades A− for health and A+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Wayne Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.