Ervin TownshipIN
A town of 2,113, settled in 1863.
Is Ervin Township a good place to live?
The best of Ervin Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. Ervin Township’s median household income is $120,000, where Indiana’s towns sit at $71,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. On civic life, just 69 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. Ervin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Ervin Township for work
Where Ervin Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ervin Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Ervin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Ervin Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ervin 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 Ervin Township.
Ervin Township is less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Ervin Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 19% of Ervin Township adults smoke cigarettes, against 17% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 15% of Ervin Township adults have diabetes.
| Ervin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Ervin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.1% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Ervin Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Ervin Township for work: only 3% work in town. 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Ervin Township. Since 2013, Ervin Township has added 53 jobs, to 216 in 2023.
| Ervin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ervin Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Ervin Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Indiana overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (37% statewide). Ervin Township’s median age is 45.6 years. 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Ervin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.6 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Ervin Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Moderate risk in Ervin Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ervin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Ervin Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ervin Township
About 2 of every 100 Ervin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Ervin Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Ervin Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,143, down from 2,227 in 2010.
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- Area
- 42 sq mi
- Elevation
- 791 ft
Ervin Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Ervin Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ervin Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C− |
| Monroe Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B |
| Carrollton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clay Township | #164 | A− | A | — | A− | C− |
| Burlington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C |
| Deer Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ervin Township, Monroe Township and Burlington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ervin Township, Monroe Township, Clay Township and Burlington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Carrollton Township and Deer Creek Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ervin Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Ervin Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ervin 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.