Perry TownshipVanderburgh County, IN
A town of 24,679. Home to University of Southern Indiana.
Is Perry Township a good place to live?
Perry Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $190K, 2.8 years of the Evansville metro’s $68K median household income. It grades B− overall, 336th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. Only 58 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on hazard risk. Perry Township is home to University of Southern Indiana. Only 9 of the 593 Indiana towns we compare have a higher January low than Perry Township.
What makes Perry Township stand out
Where Perry Township beats most towns.
17% of Perry Township is in college
How Perry Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Perry Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Perry Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perry 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 Perry Township.
Perry Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Indiana (mostly inland flooding).
Perry Township has set aside 1.4% of its land for conservation
13 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Burdette Park, at 98 acres.
| Perry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Howell Wetlands | 1.9 mi | 57 |
| 2. Howell Park | 0.3 mi | 37 |
| 3. Burdette Park | — | 98 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Perry Township fall behind 62% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helfrich Park STEM AcademyLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 509 | B− |
| Indiana Agriculture & Technology School - USI CampusLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 38 | – |
| West Terrace Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 504 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
More than half of Perry Township’s working residents commute to Evansville
Most working residents leave Perry Township for work: only 10% work in town. At 19 minutes, Perry Township’s average trip to work is where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Evansville (57%), Indianapolis (4%) and Ohio Township (3%).
| Perry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 6.2% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More young adults than Indiana overall
On this, Perry Township is below both Indiana’s towns (39.5 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Adults 18 to 34 are 33% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 30% of residents (37% statewide). 19% of residents are under 18 in Perry Township.
| Perry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.7 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 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
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 59% are women (IN 49%). Median age: women 34.1, men 33.6.
| Perry Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 20% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Perry Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $365 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Perry Township’s FEMA risk score is 68 of 100. Since 1980, 33 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Perry Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical July afternoon in Perry Township is hotter than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
The July high in Perry Township is 88°F. Perry Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Perry Township ranks healthier than 55% of the country’s towns
Against the 10,129 U.S. towns with household incomes like Perry Township’s, it is healthier than 74%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income. Within Indiana it is healthier than 78% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Perry Township beats the Indiana average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of Perry Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Perry Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Perry Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 8.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.3% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
USS LST-325 and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perry Township. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MuseumUSS LST-325
4 mi Stadium & arenaFord Center
11 mi Ancient siteAngel Mounds
in town Zoo & aquariumMesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden
37 mi National MemorialLincoln Boyhood National Memorial116K visitors a year
4 mi MuseumReitz Home MuseumPhoto credits
USS LST-325: Wikideas1, CC0 · Ford Center: Nyttend, Public domain · Angel Mounds: Heironymous Rowe (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden: Randella (talk), CC BY 3.0 · Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Rene Sturgell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reitz Home Museum: Nyttend, Public domain
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Everything we know about Perry Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Perry Township
College town 17 of every 100 Perry Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
90% of working residents leave Perry Township for work
Where Perry Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Perry Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Perry Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. A portion of the township is located within the city limits of Evansville, the third largest city in Indiana. Organized in 1840, Perry Township has a land area of 27.8 square miles. It includes the University of Southern Indiana, Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden, Burdette Park and Howell Wetlands.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 459 ft
Perry Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Perry Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | #336 | B− | B | — | C+ | B |
| Union Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| German Township | #442 | C+ | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Marrs Township | #161 | A− | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Pigeon Township | #501 | C | A− | — | C+ | D |
Perry Township, German Township, Marrs Township and Pigeon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Union Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Perry Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Perry Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Perry Township, IN a good place to live?
Perry Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #336 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Is Perry Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.