Jackson TownshipHarrison County, IN
A town of 6,086. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Jackson Township a good place to live?
Jackson Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $229K, 3.1 years of the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. It grades A− overall, 159th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, its schools outperform 78% of the state's. On hazard risk, just 80 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
What makes Jackson Township stand out
Where Jackson Township beats most towns.
93% 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.
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United States Bullion Depository and 27 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jackson Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository18 mi MuseumSons of the American Revolution
20 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
18 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
20 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumPhoto credits
United States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and sends many workers across the state line to Louisville, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Indiana (mostly inland flooding).
Jackson Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $229K.
Its public schools are run by North Harrison Com School Corp. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is North Harrison High School, with 616 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Harrison Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 562 | B+ |
| North Harrison High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 616 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Jackson Township’s workers commute out
26% of working residents cross a state line to work, Louisville among the top destinations. The average commute for its 2,731 working residents takes 32.8 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Jackson Township for work: only 7% work in town. At 33 minutes, Jackson Township’s average trip to work is against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Jackson Township has added 231 jobs, to 925 in 2023.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.7% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Jackson Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $249 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
At 70 of 100, Jackson Township’s FEMA risk score is where Indiana’s towns sit at 38 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jackson Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Jackson Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Jackson Township’s July high is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. 22% 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 | 42.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Jackson Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
0.8% of Jackson Township is conserved land
Just 176 of its 23,032 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Jackson Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.3 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Jackson Township are less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 70% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Jackson Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 41% of Jackson Township adults have obesity.
| Jackson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Jackson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 8.9% |
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 4 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 twelve townships in Harrison County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,990 and it contained 2,409 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of New Salisbury.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 722 ft
Jackson Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Jackson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | #159 | A− | A | — | A− | B− |
| Franklin Township | #58 | A | A | — | A | B− |
| Harrison Township | #176 | A− | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Spencer Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C |
| Morgan Township | #248 | B+ | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Georgetown Township | #63 | A | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Greenville Township | #84 | A | B | — | A− | B+ |
Spencer Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson Township, Franklin Township, Harrison Township, Spencer Township, Morgan Township, Georgetown Township and Greenville 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?
By most measures, yes. Jackson Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #159 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and A− 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.