Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Bogard Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for schools; the weakest is a C− for health. Bogard Township’s median age is 19.6 years, below both Indiana’s towns (39.4 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). No town among the 594 in Indiana we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Bogard Township. McCall Family Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Bogard Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bogard Township beats most towns.
Where Bogard Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Bogard Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,693 in 1890, 1,592 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2013 and 3 maps from 1943 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bogard 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bogard Township.
One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bogard Amish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 58 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Bogard Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 37% of Bogard Township adults feel lonely, above both the Indiana town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). 20% of Bogard Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Bogard Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bogard Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.1% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 20.2% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Bogard Township. Jobs based in Bogard Township grew to 445 in 2023, 318 more than in 2013. Bogard Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes.
| Bogard Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.8% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bogard Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Bogard Township is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Bogard Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Bogard Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Bogard Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,592 (up from 1,473 at 2010) and it contained 408 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with Bogard Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogard Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Steele Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elmore Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C− |
| Van Buren Township | #296 | B | A− | — | B | D |
| Barr Township | #188 | A− | B | — | A+ | C− |
Bogard Township and Elmore Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bogard Township, Elmore Township, Van Buren Township and Barr Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Steele Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bogard Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.
