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Home to 2,024 people, this town lies in Indiana. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Cass Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living, an A for schools, and an A− for civic life; its weakest is a C for health. On cost of living, just 77 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Cass Township, against 10% in Indiana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Cass Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Cass Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Holland Elementary School | PK–5 | 244 |
Where Cass 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 Cass Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and a map from 1980 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Cass 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 Cass Township.
The public schools here belong to Southwest Dubois Co School Corp. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Cass Township’s public school: 244 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 244 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
5.6% of Cass Township working residents work locally. For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away. The typical journey to work for Cass Township comes to 29 minutes. The top destinations are Jasper (24%), Huntingburg (19%) and Ferdinand (8%).
| Cass Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Nearly a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Cass Township. The town tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. Two figures for adults locally: 34% sleep under 7 hours, 17% smoke cigarettes.
| Cass Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 21% | 19% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cass Township’s July high stands at 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of the losses FEMA expects in Cass Township, 47% come from inland flooding and 19% from earthquakes. On expected storm and flood damage, Cass Township sits below 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cass Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. 1.8 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cass Township
About 1 of every 100 Cass Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Cass Township is one of twelve townships in Dubois County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,115 and it contained 873 housing units.
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5 towns share a border with Cass Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | C |
| Patoka Township | #236 | B+ | A | — | A | C− |
| Ferdinand Township | #3 | A+ | A | — | A+ | B |
| Lockhart Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pigeon Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
| Carter Township | #34 | A | A+ | — | A+ | C+ |
Cass Township and Pigeon Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cass Township, Patoka Township, Ferdinand Township, Pigeon Township and Carter Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lockhart Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cass Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
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+.