Cass TownshipIN
A town of 1,857, settled in 1877.
Is Cass Township a good place to live?
Cass Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for civic life; its weakest is a D for health. Only 107 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Cass Township. 42% of the land in Cass Township is conserved, against 1.9% in Indiana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Greene-Sullivan State Forest Dugger Unit, at 1,780 acres. On the outdoors, just 107 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. Cass Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Cass Township has shrunk 10% since 2010
2,074 counted in 2010 and 1,856 in 2020; an estimated 1,857 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Cass Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Cass Township is from typical.
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Moving to Cass Township: who provides what
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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cass Township.
Cass Township has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
0.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greene-Sullivan State Forest Dugger Unit | — | 1,780 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cass Township’s public schools trail 53% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Dugger Union Community School Corp. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Dugger Union Community School Corp, with 559 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugger Union Community School CorpLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 559 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Health in Cass Township trails 86% of U.S. towns
Cass Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 43% of Cass Township adults have obesity, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39% and U.S. towns at 35%. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Cass Township.
| Cass Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Cass Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 77.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Cass Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Cass Township for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Cass Township grew to 279 in 2023, 158 more than in 2013. Cass Township’s median household income is $61,000.
| Cass Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Cass Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Cass Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Cass Township is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Cass Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Cass Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cass Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Cass Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
91% of working residents leave Cass Township for work
Where Cass Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cass Township
Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Cass is an unincorporated town in Cass Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area; the United States Census Bureau delineated Cass as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. A post office was established here in 1877, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.
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- Elevation
- 571 ft
Cass Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Cass Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | D |
| Hamilton Township | #387 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | D |
| Stockton Township | #446 | C+ | A− | — | B+ | D |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wright Township | #458 | C+ | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Haddon Township | #371 | B− | A+ | — | B+ | D |
Cass Township and Jackson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cass Township, Hamilton Township, Stockton Township, Jackson Township, Wright Township and Haddon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jefferson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cass Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cass Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cass 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+.