Jackson TownshipIN
A town of 1,780. 66% 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 and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Jackson Township’s median age is 58.7 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. On the outdoors, just 28 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. 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.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Hancock Elementary School | PK–5 | 549 |
| Eastern Hancock Middle School | 6–8 | 299 |
| Eastern Hancock High School | 9–12 | 371 |
97% 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.
On state tests, Jackson Township’s schools beat 82% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Eastern Hancock Co Com School Corp. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Eastern Hancock High School, with 371 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Hancock Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 549 | A− |
| Eastern Hancock High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 371 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Jackson Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Jackson Township for work: only 3% work in town. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Jackson Township, against 10% in Indiana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The average trip to work in Jackson Township is 27 minutes.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Jackson Township
Jackson Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Jackson Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jackson Township ranks healthier than 50% of the country’s towns
Jackson Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of Jackson Township adults feel lonely.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Jackson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Jackson Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Jackson Township; the nearest are
About 1 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 nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,786 and it contained 696 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 958 ft
Jackson Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Jackson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | A− | B− |
| Brown Township | #180 | A− | A | — | A− | C |
| Center Township | #107 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Wayne Township | #497 | C | B | — | B | D |
| Blue River Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B− |
| Ripley Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
Jackson Township, Blue River Township and Ripley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson Township, Brown Township, Center Township, Wayne Township, Blue River Township and Ripley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. 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?
66% 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.