Howard TownshipIN
A town of 2,390.
Is Howard Township a good place to live?
Howard Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a C− for health. Howard Township’s median age is 51 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Only 54 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score lower on civic life. Howard Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Howard Township stand out
Where Howard Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Howard Township for work
Where Howard Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Howard Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Howard Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Howard Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Howard 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 Howard Township.
Residents of Howard Township are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
Howard Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 20% of Howard Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Indiana town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 15% of adults have diabetes in Howard Township.
| Howard Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Howard Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 15.7% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.2% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Howard Township’s schools rank ahead of 77% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Northwestern School Corp. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 317 | B− |
| Bethany Fellowship School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–11 | Grades K–11 | 67 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Howard Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Howard Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of Howard Township’s working residents commute to Kokomo
Most working residents leave Howard Township for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Howard Township is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Howard Township has added 349 jobs, to 453 in 2023.
| Howard Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Howard Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Howard Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Reservoir Park | 0.1 mi | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wabash and Erie Canal and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Howard Township. Close and well known come first.
38 mi MuseumConner Prairie
37 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center11 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
33 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum
16 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of FamePhoto credits
Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Howard Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Howard Township
About 1 of every 100 Howard Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Howard Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Howard Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,436, down from 2,579 in 2010.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 820 ft
Howard Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Howard Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C− |
| Taylor Township | #485 | C | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Center Township | #492 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
| Clay Township | #164 | A− | A | — | A− | C− |
| Liberty Township | #133 | A− | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
Howard Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Howard Township, Taylor Township, Center Township, Clay Township and Liberty Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Howard Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Howard Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Howard 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−.