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%

Wayne Township$720/mo

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

Center Township$970/mo

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

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

Health

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

9Wayne Township

10Center Township

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

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

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

Where they are

Wayne Township and Center Township share a border

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

Wayne TownshipCenter Township

Wayne Township ↔ Center 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

Wayne TownshipCenter Township

Snow a year12″25″

January low—17°F

July high—83°F

Growing season (days)—173d

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

Outdoors & history

Wayne TownshipCenter Township

Trails14 mi 5 mi

Conserved land1.3%2.8%

National Register places2 4

Community

Wayne TownshipCenter Township

Library hours a week56 hrs 43 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

Wayne TownshipCenter Township

People

Population 39,758Highest 7,378Lowest

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

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

Kids under 18 21.9%±1.5Lowest IN: 23.3% 24.6%±3.6Highest 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+ 20.4%±1.5Lowest IN: 16.8% 21.7%±3.4Highest 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+ 20.7%Highest IN: 29.5% 19.6%Lowest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.2%±0.9Highest IN: 5.8% 4%±1.7Lowest 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 $47,930±$4kLowest 33% below IN $68,821±$11kHighest 4% below IN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $819±$33Lowest 23% below IN $845±$64Highest 20% 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 $991Lowest 39% below IN $1,387Highest 14% below IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.9%±7.2Lowest IN: 48.1% 66.7%±18.3Highest 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 23.5%Highest IN: 12.3% 9.4%Lowest IN: 12.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 4.6%±1Lowest IN: 10.7% 10.3%±5.7Highest 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 49.9%Highest 8.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 7.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Center Township1% work in Wayne Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 13.9 miHighest 4.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Highest 1Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Excel Center - Richmond · Richmond Community SchoolsCenterville-Abington Com Schs

High school in town Richmond High SchoolCenterville Sr High School

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3Highest 14.6Lowest

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.

Wayne Township vs Center 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

Wayne Township and Center Township share a border

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