Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,689.
Jefferson Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 300th of 585 in Indiana, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 64% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $192K, 3.6 years of the Marion area’s $54K median household income. Jefferson Township’s median age is 24.8 years, against 39.5 years in Indiana’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 33 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do better. Taylor Wilderness, at 872 acres with 7.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Jefferson Township beats most towns.
Where Jefferson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Jefferson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2007 and a map from 1986 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Jefferson 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Jefferson Township.
Jefferson Township is shaped by its college students and is healthier than Washington Township and its other neighbors.
In 4 parks and preserves, walkers have 16 miles of trail. Jefferson Township’s density of trails comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Taylor Wilderness | 7.7 mi | 872 |
| 2. Upland Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Upland Depot | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Eastbrook Community School Corp. Enrollment at Jefferson Township’s public school: 336 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbrook South ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 336 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
28.7% of residents are enrolled in college, against 5.8% statewide, which pulls the median age down.
Nearly two in five adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 30% across Indiana. Adults 18 to 34 are 38% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 29% of residents (37% statewide). For residents in Jefferson Township, the share who are 65 or older is 13%.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Jefferson Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 29.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 23.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Jefferson Township, 16% of workers work from home. For most workers, Jefferson Township is a place to come home to: only 17% work in town. The typical journey to work in the town is 21 minutes. Employers in Jefferson Township shed 81 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 990.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For Jefferson Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 26 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 2011: one. FEMA puts two fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 29% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 32 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
That grade tops all 4 graded neighbors; Washington Township (C−) comes closest.
Among adults in Jefferson Township, 37% have obesity. Two figures for adults locally: 20% report frequent mental distress, 36% feel lonely.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Jefferson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 82.4% | 85.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jefferson Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
38 mi MuseumFort Recovery
38 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum37 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
16 mi GardenMinnetrista
35 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of FameRuoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Jefferson Township
College town 29 of every 100 Jefferson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Jefferson Township is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,839 and it contained 1,758 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with Jefferson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Township | #300 | B | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Washington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Licking Township | #476 | C | A | — | B | D |
| Monroe Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | D |
| Fairmount Township | #520 | C− | B+ | — | C+ | D |
Washington Township and Monroe Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jefferson Township, Washington Township, Licking Township, Monroe Township and Fairmount Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Jefferson Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Jefferson Township grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #300 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
