A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Center Township$970/mo

Typical home $164K (Census) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $845/mo · Housing →

Wayne Township$720/mo

Typical home $121K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $819/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Center Township and Wayne Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Center Township places higher on 10 of 20 IN lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Indiana ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

A−Center TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state CWayne TownshipBetter than 30% of districts in the state

Health

C−Center TownshipHealthier than 24% of U.S. towns DWayne TownshipHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns

10Center Township

9Wayne Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 350 towns #92#322 Most remote workersWork · 605 towns #185#485 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 607 towns #175#441 Highest incomeIncome · 611 towns #332#577 Most walkableOutdoors · 611 towns #466#257 Lowest property taxCost of living · 610 towns #328#150 Most trailsOutdoors · 423 towns #311#191 Most activeHealth · 607 towns #337#507

Left end = #1 in Indiana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Center Township’s rankings →

Where they are

Center Township and Wayne Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Center TownshipWayne Township

Center Township ↔ Wayne Township6.7 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

42 Center Township residents work in Wayne Township (1.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Center Township →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Center TownshipWayne Township

Snow a year25″12″

January low17°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)173d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)35th 44th

Outdoors & history

Center TownshipWayne Township

Trails5 mi 14 mi

Conserved land2.8%1.3%

National Register places4 2

Community

Center TownshipWayne Township

Library hours a week43 hrs 56 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Indiana average

Center TownshipWayne Township

People

Population 7,378Lowest 39,758Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.4%Lowest IN: +4.7% -3.3%Highest IN: +4.7%

Median age 44±2.2Highest 15% above IN 40.1±1.1Lowest 5% above IN

Kids under 18 24.6%±3.6Highest IN: 23.3% 21.9%±1.5Lowest IN: 23.3%

Center Township and Wayne Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 21.7%±3.4Highest IN: 16.8% 20.4%±1.5Lowest IN: 16.8%

Center Township and Wayne Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.6%Lowest IN: 29.5% 20.7%Highest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.7Lowest IN: 5.8% 6.2%±0.9Highest IN: 5.8%

Wayne Township and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,821±$11kHighest 4% below IN $47,930±$4kLowest 33% below IN

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $163,500±$10kHighest 25% below IN $120,900±$6kLowest 45% below IN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $845±$64Highest 20% below IN $819±$33Lowest 23% below IN

Center Township and Wayne Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,387Highest 14% below IN $991Lowest 39% below IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 66.7%±18.3Highest IN: 48.1% 51.9%±7.2Lowest IN: 48.1%

Center Township and Wayne Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.4%Lowest IN: 12.3% 23.5%Highest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5%Highest IN: 70.6% 61.1%Lowest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 5 yrs older than IN 1958Lowest 18 yrs older than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 11% below IN 20 minLowest 19% below IN

Work from home 10.3%±5.7Highest IN: 10.7% 4.6%±1Lowest IN: 10.7%

Center Township and Wayne Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.5%Lowest 49.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 miHighest 4.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.61Lowest 1.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Richmond (46%)Richmond (50%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Wayne TownshipFew work in Center Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.8%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.5 miLowest 13.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 11Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.0Lowest 26.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #92 of 350 in IN #322 of 350 in IN

School district Centerville-Abington Com SchsExcel Center - Richmond · Richmond Community Schools

High school in town Centerville Sr High SchoolRichmond High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.6Lowest 15.3Highest

Indiana average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Center Township vs Wayne Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Center Township

Center Township places higher on 10 of 20 IN lists

Center Township and Wayne Township share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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