Wright TownshipIN
A town of 3,567, settled in 1848.
Is Wright Township a good place to live?
Wright Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $128K for a typical one, or 2.1 years of the county’s $62K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 458th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $54K, and 9% of residents live below the poverty line. Wright Township’s average commute is 32 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Wright Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 88% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Shakamak State Park, 562 acres with 3.2 miles of trail.
What makes Wright Township stand out
Where Wright Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
89% of working residents leave Wright Township for work
Where Wright Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wright Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Wright Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 92% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 4%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wright Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wright 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 Wright Township.
Wright Township stands out in Indiana and nationally, with more of its adults who have diabetes
Among adults in Wright Township, 23% smoke cigarettes. Of 32 CDC measures, Wright Township beats the Indiana average on 1 and trails it on 18.
| Wright Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Wright Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.2% | 77.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 13% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Wright Township’s schools trail 57% of Indiana districts
Its two schools are below. The MSD Shakamak Schools runs its public schools. Public school enrollment in Wright Township: 679 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakamak Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 384 | B− |
| Shakamak Jr-Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 295 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Wright Township work out of town
The average commute for its 1,481 working residents takes 32 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Just 11% of Wright Township’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Wright Township shed 79 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 398. The top destinations are Linton (10%), Indianapolis (10%) and Terre Haute (9%).
| Wright Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Wright Township, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 32% of Wright Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to tornadoes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wright Township, 2.4% of the land is conserved
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 4.5 miles. For Wright Township, the density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Wright Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shakamak State Park | 3.2 mi | 562 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Wright Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Wright Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wright Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Wright Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Wright Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Wright Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,550, down from 3,921 at 2010.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
Wright Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Wright Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Township | #458 | C+ | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Stockton Township | #446 | C+ | A− | — | B+ | D |
| Cass Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | D |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Smith Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lewis Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
Cass Township, Jackson Township and Lewis Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wright Township, Stockton Township, Cass Township, Jackson Township and Lewis Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Smith Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wright Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wright Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wright Township, IN a good place to live?
Wright Township grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #458 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Wright 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.