Jackson TownshipIN
A town of 1,844. 43% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Jackson Township a good place to live?
The best of Jackson Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Jackson Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 109 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do worse. Old Clifty Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Jackson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Jackson Township stand out
Where Jackson Township beats most towns.
100% 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 stands out in Indiana and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
0.2% of working residents work locally in Jackson Township, against 11% in Indiana’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. 4.4% of Jackson Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Bloomington (22%), Indianapolis (12%) and Center Township (6%).
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Jackson Township is less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Jackson Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Jackson Township.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jackson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jackson Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Jackson Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Jackson Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Jackson Township since 2019.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Jackson Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Jackson Township; the nearest are
About 10 of every 100 Jackson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Jackson Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Jackson Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,809, down from 1,947 at 2010.
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- Area
- 49 sq mi
- Elevation
- 692 ft
Jackson Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Jackson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Taylor Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Center Township | #491 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Mitcheltree Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Perry Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | B− |
Jackson Township, Taylor Township and Perry Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson Township, Taylor Township, Center Township and Perry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Mitcheltree Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). 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?
43% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
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.