Eel TownshipIN
A town of 18,549.
Is Eel Township a good place to live?
Eel Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $95K for a typical one, or 1.7 years of the Logansport area’s $56K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 500th of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $48K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 100% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 67 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Eel Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Indiana’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 1 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on history.
9 miles of trails in Eel Township
1.9% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
How Eel Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Eel Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A+ for history (#2 of 593 in Indiana), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Eel Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eel 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 Eel Township.
Eel Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Logansport and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Indiana (mostly inland flooding).
1.9% of Eel Township is conserved land
9.0 miles of trail in 16 parks and preserves. Berry Patch, at 74 acres with 1.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Berry Patch | 1.9 mi | 74 |
| 2. Flory Preserve | 1.9 mi | 35 |
| 3. Camp Wildwood | 1.6 mi | 43 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Eel Township’s schools trail 66% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Logansport Community School Corp. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Logansport Community High School, with 1,148 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landis Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 819 | C+ |
| Logansport Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,148 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
A larger share of adults in Eel Township have obesity than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
Against the 4,888 U.S. towns with household incomes like Eel Township’s, it is less healthy than 71%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
48% of adults have obesity in Eel Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39% and U.S. towns at 35%. 16% of Eel Township adults have diabetes. Eel Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16.
| Eel Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Eel Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 13.6% | 8.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.6% | 15.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 19.5% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Eel Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $369 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Eel Township’s FEMA risk score is 68 of 100. Since 1980, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eel Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Eel Township
Eel Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in four working residents works right in Eel Township
Eel Township has about as many jobs (8,036) as working residents, but only 2,120 people both live and work here.
About one in 4 of Eel Township’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Eel Township is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Logansport (27%), Clinton Township (19%) and Deer Creek Township (5%).
| Eel Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 26% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Eel Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Eel Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Eel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Eel Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Eel Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,571 (down from 18,767 at 2010) and contained 8,028 housing units.
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- Area
- 9.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
Eel Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Eel Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eel Township | #500 | C | A | — | C | D |
| Noble Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Washington Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
| Clay Township | #582 | D | B− | — | C | D |
| Clinton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miami Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
| Logansport | #456 | C+ | A | B | C+ | D |
Noble Township, Washington Township and Miami Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Eel Township, Noble Township, Washington Township, Clay Township and Miami Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Clinton Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Eel Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Eel Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eel Township, IN a good place to live?
Eel Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #500 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Eel 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.