Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Good on most counts; one lags. Where it does best is schools (A−) — its schools outperform 83% of the state's. The trade-off is health (C): CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 70% of the country. A typical home there costs about $217K, 2.9 years of the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. Overall, that makes a B, good for 280th of 585 in Indiana. It comes out better than 62% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Sam Peden Community Park, at 99 acres. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Where New Albany Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Tabor Elementary School | PK–4 | 655 |
| Grant Line Elementary School | PK–4 | 513 |
| Slate Run Elementary School | PK–4 | 405 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far New Albany Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,079 in 1830, 37,841 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 7 maps from 1939 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Albany Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
6 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
10 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
7 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumUnited States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Albany 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 New Albany Township.
New Albany Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Indiana and sends many workers across the state line to Louisville.
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $217K.
Three of its 14 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. New Albany-Floyd Co Con School runs its public schools. 6 public schools serve New Albany Township, with 2,554 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Scribner Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 941 | C |
| New Albany Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,821 | B− |
| Grant Line Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 513 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Trails run 9.3 miles in 11 parks and preserves. New Albany Township’s density of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| New Albany Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sam Peden Community Park | 0.6 mi | 99 |
| 2. Cannon Acres Park | 0.6 mi | 20 |
| 3. Silver Street Park | 0.3 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
New Albany Township: 39% of adults have obesity. 35% of adults feel lonely locally, where Indiana’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 33%. Among adults in the town, 19% report frequent mental distress and 40% have high blood pressure.
| New Albany Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
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.
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 25° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
27% of working residents cross a state line to work, Louisville among the top destinations. New Albany Township has about as many jobs (26,161) as working residents, but only 5,732 people both live and work here.
13% of workers work from home in New Albany Township, above both Indiana’s towns (7.8%) and U.S. towns (11%). Since 2013, New Albany Township has added 2,178 jobs, to 26,161 in 2023. For New Albany Township, the mean commuting time is 20 minutes.
| New Albany Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 7.8% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 58% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 119 claims in New Albany Township since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. For residents in New Albany Township, the share who are under 18 is 21%. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 30%, against 30% across Indiana.
| New Albany Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 22% | 29% |
51.6% women, 48.4% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.5, men 38.1.
| New Albany Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
10 within 15 miles of the center of New Albany Township
About 5 of every 100 New Albany Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
City in Indiana, United States
New Albany () is a city in New Albany Township, Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River, opposite Louisville, Kentucky. The population was 37,841 as of the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Floyd County. It is bounded by I-265 to the north and the Ohio River to the south, and is considered part of the Louisville metropolitan area. The mayor of New Albany is Jeff Gahan, a Democrat; he was re-elected in 2023.
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10 towns share a border with New Albany Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Albany Township | #280 | B | B | — | A− | C |
| Jeffersonville Township | #410 | C+ | B | — | B− | C− |
| New Albany | #479 | C | B+ | C− | A− | C− |
| Clarksville | #562 | D | B | D | C+ | D |
| Lafayette Township | #104 | A− | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Silver Creek Township | #157 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Georgetown Township | #63 | A | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Albany Township, Jeffersonville Township, Lafayette Township, Silver Creek Township, Franklin Township and Georgetown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Albany Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. New Albany Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #280 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and A− 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 B.
