Wea TownshipIN
A town of 34,791, settled in 1832.
Is Wea Township a good place to live?
Wea Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 278th of 585 graded towns in Indiana, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 72% of Indiana towns. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $223K, 3.6 years of the Lafayette metro’s $62K median household income. On hazard risk, just 80 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. Wea Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The biggest park or preserve is Armstrong Park, at 30 acres.
What makes Wea Township stand out
Where Wea Township beats most towns.
91% of working residents leave Wea Township for work
Where Wea Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wea Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Wea Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wea Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wea 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 Wea Township.
Wea Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Wea Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wea Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wea Township’s grade for schools is a B+
Its public schools are run by Tippecanoe School Corp. Three of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wea Ridge Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 675 | C+ |
| McCutcheon High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,835 | B+ |
| Edgelea Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 444 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
More than half of Wea Township’s working residents commute to Lafayette
Jobs based here grew from 6,451 in 2013 to 8,594.
Most working residents leave Wea Township for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Wea Township has added 2,143 jobs, to 8,594 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Wea Township.
| Wea Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Wea Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Wea Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults in Wea Township have obesity than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
Against the 10,459 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wea Township’s, it is healthier than 81%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income. Within Indiana it is healthier than 85% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
31% of Wea Township adults have obesity. Wea Township beats the Indiana average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 33% of Wea Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Wea Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Wea Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with obesity | 30.9% | 38.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wea Township has set aside 0.4% of its land for conservation
2.6 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Wea Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Armstrong Park | — | 30 |
| 2. Mar Len Park | 0.2 mi | 29 |
| 3. Commons Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Younger than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 12% of residents (17% statewide). Wea Township’s median age is 34.5 years. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Wea Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 34.5 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 34.8, men 34.0.
| Wea Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Ross–Ade Stadium and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wea Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
11 mi State parkProphetstown State Park19 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal31 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach
37 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park
7 mi MuseumSamaraPhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samara: Tim Musson, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Wea Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wea Township
About 6 of every 100 Wea Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Wea Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Wea Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 31,660 and it contained 13,022 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 630 ft
Wea Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Wea Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wea Township | #278 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Shadeland | — | — | B | — | B+ | A− |
| Union Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B |
| Fairfield Township | #242 | B+ | B− | — | B | B− |
| Sheffield Township | #422 | C+ | C | — | B+ | B |
| Lafayette | #452 | C+ | B− | C− | B | B− |
Shadeland and Union Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wea Township, Shadeland, Union Township, Fairfield Township and Sheffield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wea Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wea Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wea Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wea Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #278 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
Is Wea 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+.