Highland TownshipIN
A town of 1,511.
Is Highland Township a good place to live?
The best of Highland Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Highland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Highland Township for work
Where Highland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Highland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Highland Township is from typical.
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Moving to Highland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Highland 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 Highland Township.
Health in Highland Township trails 85% of U.S. towns
29% of Highland Township adults get no exercise outside work, above both Indiana’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (25%). Of 32 CDC measures, Highland Township beats the Indiana average on 1 and trails it on 11. For adults locally, the share who have diabetes is 15%.
| Highland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Highland Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.1% | 77.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Highland Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Highland Township for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work locally is 28 minutes. Also worth knowing: jobs locally fell by 78 from 2013 to 2023, to 226. The typical household income for Highland Township comes to $90,000, against $71,000 in Indiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns.
| Highland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Highland Township: just over a fifth of residents are under 18. Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). For Highland Township, the median age is 45.4 years. College graduates make up 23% of adults 25 and older, against 30% across Indiana.
| Highland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 125 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.1 points). Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 63% are men (IN 47%).
| Highland Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 27.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Highland Township
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 1.8% of Highland Township
10 miles of trail. For Highland Township, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Highland Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Highland Township has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
The FEMA hazard score for Highland Township comes to 50 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 47% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Since 2003, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Highland Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Highland Township
About 1 of every 100 Highland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Highland Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Highland Township is one of five townships in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,492 (down from 1,534 at 2010) and it contained 703 housing units.
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- Area
- 55 sq mi
- Elevation
- 620 ft
Highland Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Highland Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Wabash Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eugene Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Troy Township | #194 | B+ | A− | — | A | C− |
| Mound Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fulton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Highland Township and Eugene Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Highland Township, Eugene Township and Troy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wabash Township, Mound Township and Fulton Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Highland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Highland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Highland 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.