Broad Ripple, Meridian-Kessler, Nora and seven small towns across the north side of Marion County. Homes here go under contract in about nine days. Here is what that means when you write an offer.
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Washington Township is the north-central slice of Marion County, about 50 square miles and 138,678 people at the 2020 Census, all of it inside Indianapolis. It runs from the pre-1900 streetcar neighborhoods around 38th Street up to I-465 and 96th Street, and it includes seven small towns that kept their town status when Unigov merged the city and county in 1970.
Here's the thing about this market: it is fast. Homes went under contract in a median of 9 days this year, and sellers got 98.6% of list. Sales rose about 6%, from 1,061 to 1,125, and the median barely moved, $356,000 against $355,000 a year ago. Supply did tick up, from 1.9 to 2.2 months in August, and the list-price ratio slipped from 99.3%. That is a little more room than last year. Not a lot.
The township median hides a wide range. The streetcar neighborhoods like Meridian-Kessler and Butler-Tarkington came after 1900, the small towns along Meridian Street and Spring Mill Road in the 1920s and 1930s, and the township as a whole grew from 5,700 people in 1910 to 126,000 in 1970. The same budget buys very different houses a few miles apart, so I pull comparables street by street.
What you are actually buying: the Monon Trail and Central Canal Towpath, the Red Line at 66th and College, Holliday Park and Broad Ripple Park, and a short drive downtown from the south end. What you are giving up: new-construction subdivisions (there's one small community left), time to think once you've found a house, and an easy I-465 and Meridian Street interchange until INDOT finishes rebuilding it, estimated for late 2027.
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The township stretches from 38th Street to 96th Street. The neighborhoods inside it were built in different eras and trade very differently.
Platted in 1837 along the Central Canal and annexed by Indianapolis in 1922, about six miles north of downtown, where the Monon, the canal and the White River meet. It has its own guide: Broad Ripple homes for sale.
See homes →38th Street to Kessler Boulevard, Meridian Street to the Monon, about four miles north of downtown, with boundaries the city recognized in 1965. It has its own guide: Meridian-Kessler homes for sale.
See homes →Roughly 79th to 96th Street, Township Line Road to the White River (46240 and 46260). Named in 1871 and joined to Indianapolis through Unigov in 1970. Nora Plaza opened in 1959, and a 574-apartment, retail and garage project called Winterton was proposed next to it on 86th Street in 2024. I haven't confirmed where that proposal stands.
See homes →Crows Nest, North Crows Nest, Meridian Hills, Williams Creek, Spring Hill, Wynnedale and Rocky Ripple sit inside Indianapolis but keep town status, most of them dating to the 1920s and 1930s. If you're planning a project, ask the town office whether it has rules of its own.
See homes →The north end near the Hamilton County line, around the Fashion Mall and St. Vincent Hospital. M/I Homes' CityPointe at 1805 Real Street is in Marion County here even though the builder files it under Carmel; see the Marion County new home builds page.
See homes →You'll see Castleton Square listed as a Washington Township landmark, but the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis's own Castleton entry places it in Lawrence Township, and so do map sources. I treat Castleton as a Lawrence Township and border area. If a listing near 82nd Street and the White River matters to you, check the parcel with the county before you rely on the township.
See homes →Neighborhood guides: Greenbriar · Sycamore Springs · Dawnbury · North Willow Farms · Glendale Heights
Much of the township is served by MSD of Washington Township, and Indianapolis Public Schools serves portions, generally the areas that were inside the city limits before 1970. Confirm the assignment for the specific address.
The district is asking voters on November 3 to renew its operating referendum at up to 25 cents per $100 of assessed value for up to eight years, capped at $24 million a year. That is the same rate voters approved in 2020. The ballot says a $300,000 median home's bill would drop by $351 a year if it does not pass.
Voters also approved capital referendums in 2016 and 2020. The June 2020 ballot paired a $285 million construction question with a $128 million, eight-year operating question, and the district said the two capital measures funded about $470 million of projects, with all of them expected to be done by summer 2026.
The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation, a new appointed board created by state law in 2026, has an operating referendum on the November 3 ballot for addresses inside the IPS boundary: up to 37.2 cents per $100 of assessed value for up to four years, capped at $95 million a year, with the revenue split between IPS and participating charter schools. The ballot estimates $221 a year on a $150,000 median home. It replaces the 2018 IPS referendum rate of 19.6 cents, which expires in December 2026, so the net change reported by IPS and local coverage is roughly $100 to $115 a year on that home.
Either way, put the rate into your carrying-cost math before you write an offer. Referendum rates sit outside the 1% cap.
The Monon runs from 10th Street to 96th Street and on into Hamilton County, and it connects to the Central Canal Towpath. The IndyGo Red Line's northern end is at 66th Street and College Avenue. Holliday Park on Spring Mill Road has 95 acres, a nature center, about two miles of trails and White River access, and Broad Ripple Park sits on the river off Broad Ripple Avenue.
INDOT's Level Up 31 project is rebuilding the I-465 and US 31 (Meridian Street) interchange in four phases, started October 2025 and estimated to finish in late 2027. The interchange carried more than 83,000 vehicles a day in 2023. INDOT is also replacing the Township Line Road bridge over I-465. If you'll use either every day, drive it at rush hour before you buy.
Indiana caps homestead property tax at 1% of gross assessed value under the circuit breaker, so most owner-occupants land at or near that figure before any voter-approved referendum rate, which sits outside the cap. Rentals and second homes are capped at 2% and should be modeled separately. Marion County's local income tax is 2.02%, per Indiana Department of Revenue Departmental Notice #1, effective October 1, 2026. Confirm assessments with the Marion County Assessor.
If you need time to decide, this market will frustrate you; Lawrence, next door, had a $292,500 township median and a slower pace, 15 days to contract. If you want a newer house in a builder subdivision, look north to Carmel or check the Marion County new home builds page. And if one school district is a must, filter by address, not by township.
The median single-family sale was $356,000 year to date through August 2026, on 1,125 closings, up 0.3% from $355,000 over the same stretch of 2025.
Fast. Homes went under contract in a median of 9 days this year, against 8 a year ago, and sold for 98.6% of list. Months of supply was 2.2 in August, up from 1.9.
Much of the township is served by MSD of Washington Township, and Indianapolis Public Schools serves portions, generally the areas inside the pre-1970 city limits. Confirm the assignment for the specific address.
For MSD Washington Township addresses, a renewal of the district's operating referendum at up to 25 cents per $100 of assessed value for up to eight years. For IPS addresses, an operating referendum from the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation at up to 37.2 cents per $100 for up to four years, replacing the expiring 2018 IPS rate.
Sources conflict. Some list Castleton Square as a Washington Township landmark, but the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis's Castleton entry and map sources place it in Lawrence Township. I treat it as a Lawrence Township and border area; check the specific parcel with the county.
Very little. M/I Homes' CityPointe near 96th Street listed from $381,990 at closeout when I checked on September 27, 2026. Otherwise new homes here are infill. See the Marion County new home builds page for the rest of the county.
I'm Wes Johnston, a Realtor with Trueblood Real Estate, based in Fishers. I cover the whole Indianapolis metro, and every guide on this site is built the same way: MIBOR numbers, public sources, and the trade-offs a listing description won't mention.
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