Curry TownshipIN
A town of 3,431.
Is Curry Township a good place to live?
Curry Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $96K, 1.7 years of the Terre Haute metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 438th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $53K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line. 18% of residents are under 18 in Curry Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%.
94% of working residents leave Curry Township for work
Where Curry Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Curry Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Curry Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 13%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Curry Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Curry 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 Curry Township.
For health, Curry Township earns a D
20% of Curry Township adults smoke cigarettes. Curry Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 43% of Curry Township adults have obesity.
| Curry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Curry Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 25.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 20.2% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Curry Township’s schools rank behind 53% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Northeast School Corp. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is North Central Jr/Sr High School, with 369 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast North Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 237 | C+ |
| North Central Jr/Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 369 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Curry Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Curry Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Curry Township has lost 25 jobs, to 396 in 2023. The top destinations are Terre Haute (9%), Sullivan (9%) and Honey Creek Township (6%).
| Curry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $53,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Curry Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Curry Township
Curry Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Curry Township. Close and well known come first.
38 mi National Historical ParkGeorge Rogers Clark National Historical Park113K visitors a year17 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
17 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
17 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum38 mi MuseumIndiana Military Museum
37 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 · Paul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana Territorial Capitol: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Curry Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Curry Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Curry Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Curry Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Curry Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,398 and it contained 1,543 housing units. All three of Terre Haute's television affiliates (WTWO, WTHI, and WAWV) and several radio stations have or share transmitter towers in the northern end of the township just south of Farmersburg. The township is named after William Curry, who was the area's first settler when he arrived there in 1817 from Kentucky.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 545 ft
Curry Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Curry Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Township | #438 | C+ | A+ | — | B− | D |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Linton Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Fairbanks Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamilton Township | #387 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | D |
| Farmersburg | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
Jackson Township, Linton Township and Farmersburg have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Curry Township, Jackson Township, Linton Township, Hamilton Township and Farmersburg report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairbanks Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Curry Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Curry Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Curry Township, IN a good place to live?
Curry Township grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #438 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Curry 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+.