Cotton TownshipIN
A town of 1,856.
Is Cotton Township a good place to live?
The best of Cotton Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for health. Cotton Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Cotton Township. Only 89 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on the outdoors. Cotton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Cotton Township has shrunk 9% since 2010
2,040 counted in 2010 and 1,808 in 2020; an estimated 1,856 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Cotton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Cotton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cotton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cotton 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 Cotton Township.
Residents of Cotton Township are less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns
Cotton Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 20% of Cotton Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Indiana town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 41% of adults have high blood pressure in Cotton Township.
| Cotton Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cotton Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 15.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Cotton Township fall behind 61% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Switzerland County School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland Co Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 323 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Cotton Township stands out in Indiana and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
1.6% of Cotton Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Cotton Township has added 31 jobs, to 63 in 2023. 0.9% of Cotton Township working residents work locally.
| Cotton Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cotton Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Cotton Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 7 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Cotton Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ark Encounter and 43 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cotton Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
31 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
20 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
31 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
32 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
31 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Cotton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cotton Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Cotton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
99% of working residents leave Cotton Township for work
Where Cotton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cotton Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Cotton Township is one of six townships in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,808 and it contained 717 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 883 ft
Cotton Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Cotton Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Jefferson Township | #494 | C | A | — | C+ | D |
| Cass Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Posey Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| York Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | D |
Cotton Township, Pleasant Township, Posey Township and York Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cotton Township, Jefferson Township, Pleasant Township, Posey Township and York Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Cass Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cotton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cotton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cotton 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.