Jefferson TownshipIN
A town of 2,299.
Is Jefferson Township a good place to live?
The best of Jefferson Township’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 85 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score higher on incomes. Homes are within reach, about $274K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household income. Among 594 Indiana towns, just 7 have a higher share of households owning their home than Jefferson Township. 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.
97% 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.
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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.
About two in five of Jefferson Township’s working residents commute to Fort Wayne
Most working residents leave Jefferson Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jefferson Township’s median household income is $105,000, where Indiana’s towns sit at $71,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Jobs based in Jefferson Township grew to 604 in 2023, 175 more than in 2013.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $105,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Jefferson Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of residents are 65 or older in Jefferson Township than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
27% of Jefferson Township residents are 65 or older, above both Indiana’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%). The median age in Jefferson Township is 50.9 years. Jefferson Township has grown 3.3% since 2020, to 2,299 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Jefferson Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Jefferson Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Jefferson Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Jefferson Township is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns
Jefferson Township beats the Indiana average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 34% of Jefferson Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Jefferson Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Jefferson Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0% of Jefferson Township
1.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Jefferson Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jefferson Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
28 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
12 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential Museum
14 mi MuseumForks of the Wabash
14 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
38 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of FamePhoto credits
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain · Forks of the Wabash: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Jefferson Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Jefferson Township
About 2 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 nine townships in Whitley County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,232 (up from 2,182 at 2010) and it contained 905 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 850 ft
Jefferson Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Jefferson Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | B |
| Union Township | #285 | B | B+ | — | B | B− |
| Washington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Jackson Township | #108 | A− | A− | — | B | B |
| Aboite Township | #69 | A | C+ | — | A− | A− |
Jefferson Township and Washington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jefferson Township, Union Township, Washington Township, Jackson Township and Aboite 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 B+.