Jefferson TownshipIN
A town of 1,918.
Is Jefferson Township a good place to live?
Jefferson Township’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C for health. 39% of residents are under 18 in Jefferson Township, above both the Indiana town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On incomes, just 38 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. Only 32 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history. Jefferson Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns. Jefferson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Jefferson Township stand out
Where Jefferson Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Jefferson Township for work
Where Jefferson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Jefferson Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Jefferson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Jefferson Township: who provides what
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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Jefferson Township.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Jefferson Township, mostly inland flooding
In Jefferson Township, the FEMA hazard score is 14 of 100, where Indiana’s towns sit at 38 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. FEMA puts 40% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jefferson Township’s public schools outperform 71% of Indiana districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corner View Parochial School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 45 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Jefferson Township than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
2.4% of working residents work locally in Jefferson Township. Employers in Jefferson Township shed 29 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 374. The median household income here is $101,000. The top destinations are Nappanee (11%), Goshen (11%) and Warsaw (9%).
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Jefferson Township is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Jefferson Township who have high blood pressure: 38%. Two figures for adults locally: 18% smoke cigarettes, 34% feel lonely.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Jefferson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20% | 15.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.6% | 8.9% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Jefferson Township
In July, afternoons reach 83°; in January, nights fall to 17°, and about 45 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Jefferson Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Jefferson Township
About 1 of every 100 Jefferson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Jefferson Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Jefferson Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,963 (down from 2,040 at 2010) and it contained 656 housing units.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 823 ft
Jefferson Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Jefferson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Scott Township | — | — | B− | — | A+ | C− |
| Union Township | #112 | A− | B− | — | A+ | C |
| Van Buren Township | #302 | B | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Nappanee | #196 | B+ | B− | B+ | A+ | C− |
Jefferson Township, Scott Township and Prairie Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jefferson Township, Scott Township, Union Township, Van Buren Township and Prairie Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Jefferson Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Jefferson Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Jefferson 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−.