Busseron TownshipIN
A town of 1,251, settled in 1855.
Is Busseron Township a good place to live?
The best of Busseron Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 13 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score higher on cost of living. Residents are less healthy than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On incomes, just 67 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. Busseron Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Busseron Township stand out
Where Busseron Township beats most towns.
1,251 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Busseron Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Busseron Township is from typical.
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Moving to Busseron Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Busseron 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 Busseron Township.
A job hub: Busseron Township has 2.0 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,107 commuters
Most working residents leave Busseron Township for work: only 9% work in town. At $46,000, Busseron Township’s median household income is below both Indiana’s towns ($71,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Busseron Township has added 633 jobs, to 1,161 in 2023.
| Busseron Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $46,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Busseron Township’s grade for health is a D
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Busseron Township, against 17% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 43% of Busseron Township adults have high blood pressure. Busseron Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12.
| Busseron Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Busseron Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.5% | 77.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Busseron Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Busseron Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Busseron Township’s July high is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Busseron Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and 3 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Busseron Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi National Historical ParkGeorge Rogers Clark National Historical Park113K visitors a year34 mi CaveBurrows Cave12 mi MuseumIndiana Military Museum
11 mi MuseumIndiana Territorial CapitolPhoto credits
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park: The original uploader was Agentmoose at English Wikipedia. on 2006-07-08., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Indiana Territorial Capitol: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Busseron Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Busseron Township
About 2 of every 100 Busseron Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Every workday, about 1,107 people come to Busseron Township for work
Where Busseron Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Busseron Township
River in Indiana, United States
Busseron Creek is a 50 miles (80 km) long creek that runs south-westward through Sullivan County, Indiana and Knox County, Indiana and that is a tributary of the Wabash River. Old Busseron Creek enters the Wabash at 38°50′17″N 87°31′34″W and is the old course of the creek before it was re-routed and straightened for flood control purposes, leaving (but not connecting to) the new course at 38°56′02″N 87°30′11″W having to that point run beside the current Busseron over several meanders, the re-routing having left behind several oxbow lakes, from headwaters at 38°56′35″N 87°27′58″W.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 564 ft
Questions about Busseron Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Busseron 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+.