Jackson TownshipCass County, IN
A town of 2,770.
Is Jackson Township a good place to live?
Jackson Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $156K, 2.8 years of the Logansport area’s $56K median household income. It grades B overall, 325th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 77% of the country. 16% of residents are under 18 in Jackson Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
96% of working residents leave Jackson Township for work
Where Jackson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Jackson Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Jackson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Jackson Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jackson 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 Jackson Township.
Jackson Township sends most of its workers to Kokomo and beyond, but it has little public open land.
For health, Jackson Township earns a C−
45% of Jackson Township adults have obesity. Jackson Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 41% of Jackson Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Jackson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Cass Polytechnic AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Jackson Township’s working residents commute to Kokomo
Jackson Township has 147 jobs for its 1,085 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Jackson Township for work: only 4% work in town. 6% of residents live below the poverty line in Jackson Township. The top destinations are Kokomo (31%), Logansport (9%) and Clinton Township (6%).
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
The median age in Jackson Township is 48.7 years. 20% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.7 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Jackson Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.6% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Jackson Township
Jackson 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
Jackson Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0% of Jackson Township
Just 0 of its 19,114 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Jackson Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Galveston Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ross–Ade Stadium and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jackson Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium24 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal
33 mi State parkProphetstown State Park32 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach6 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
15 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of FamePhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Jackson Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Jackson Township
About 5 of every 100 Jackson Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Jackson Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,773 (down from 2,876 at 2010) and contained 1,246 housing units.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 781 ft
Jackson Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Jackson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | #325 | B | A | — | B | C− |
| Deer Creek Township · Deer Creek Township | #503 | C | A | — | C | C− |
| Tipton Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Clay Township | #164 | A− | A | — | A− | C− |
Tipton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson Township, Deer Creek Township, Tipton Township and Clay Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Deer Creek Township and Deer Creek Township are one community, graded once. Compare Jackson Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Jackson Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Jackson Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Jackson Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #325 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Jackson 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.