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Where it falls short is health — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 78% of the country. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than three fifths of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Homes run about $191K for a typical one, 2.6 times the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. Its strongest subject is walkability: it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. The overall grade lands at C+, 410th of 585 in Indiana. Nationally, it does better than 44% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Lapping Park, 337 acres with 7.9 miles of trail. 21% of working residents work locally in Jeffersonville Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap · Census LEHD, 2023.
Where Jeffersonville Township beats most towns.
4.5% of the town is conserved land, across 36 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Jeffersonville Township is from typical.
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Its founding year, 1803, comes before those of 97% of the Indiana towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 2,122 in 1850, 49,447 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1840 and 7 maps from 1937 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jeffersonville Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
4 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
8 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
8 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumUnited States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jeffersonville 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 Jeffersonville Township.
Jeffersonville Township has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Indiana and sends many workers across the state line to Louisville.
The density of trails in Jeffersonville Township is 0.8 miles per square mile. Trails total 22 miles in 36 parks and preserves.
| Jeffersonville Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lapping Park | 7.9 mi | 337 |
| 2. Richard L. Vissing Park | 2.2 mi | 47 |
| 3. Falls of the Ohio State Park | 1.6 mi | 55 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The public schools here belong to Clarksville Community School Corp. Below: Two of its 18 schools, each with why it was picked. 6 public schools serve Jeffersonville Township, with 3,364 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Valley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 857 | C |
| Jeffersonville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,202 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
14% of Jeffersonville Township adults have diabetes. Two figures for adults locally: 41% have high blood pressure, 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Jeffersonville Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Jeffersonville Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with obesity | 45.2% | 38.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 17% | 14.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.7% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Louisville Mcalpine weather station records that about 46 days a year reach 90°, the #2 highest of 1,978 Indiana places with climate records. The Louisville Mcalpine weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 225 days, the highest of 1,978 Indiana places with climate records.
Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 25°; snowfall runs to about 4 inches a winter. Winters in Jeffersonville Township are chilly and summers warm, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
30% of working residents cross a state line to work, Louisville among the top destinations. Jeffersonville Township has about as many jobs (29,002) as working residents, but only 6,253 people both live and work here.
14% of residents live below the poverty line in Jeffersonville Township. Roughly one working resident in five has a job in Jeffersonville Township itself. The average commute for Jeffersonville Township comes to 19 minutes. The median commute is under 7 miles.
| Jeffersonville Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
275 flood insurance claims have been paid in Jeffersonville Township since 1978. 45% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 27%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among adults 25 and older, 24% have a four-year degree or more, against 30% across Indiana. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Indiana average. 65,369 people lived in Jeffersonville Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 6.3% more than in 2020.
| Jeffersonville Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 22% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1 point. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.5, men 37.8.
| Jeffersonville Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
11 within 15 miles of the center of Jeffersonville Township
About 4 of every 100 Jeffersonville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
City in Indiana, United States
Jeffersonville is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky, along I-65. The population was 49,447 at the 2020 census. Jeffersonville began its existence as a settlement around Fort Finney after 1786 and was named after Thomas Jefferson in 1801, the year he took office.
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7 towns share a border with Jeffersonville Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersonville Township | #410 | C+ | B | — | B− | C− |
| Clarksville | #562 | D | B | D | C+ | D |
| New Albany Township | #280 | B | B | — | A− | C |
| Jeffersonville | #346 | B− | B | — | B− | C |
| New Albany | #479 | C | B+ | C− | A− | C− |
| Silver Creek Township | #157 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
| Utica Township | #424 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | C |
Jeffersonville Township, New Albany Township, Jeffersonville, Silver Creek Township and Utica Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Jeffersonville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Jeffersonville Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #410 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
