Scott TownshipIN
A town of 1,739. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Scott Township a good place to live?
The best of Scott Township’s subject grades is an A+ for schools; the weakest is a C− for health. 42% of residents are under 18 in Scott Township, above both the Indiana town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On cost of living, just 96 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 17 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Scott Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. Scott Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Scott Township stand out
Where Scott Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Scott Township for work
Where Scott Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Scott Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Scott Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Scott Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Scott 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 Scott Township.
Scott Township’s public schools outperform 95% of Indiana districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepton School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 31 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Scott Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Scott Township is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
Scott Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 20% of Scott Township adults report frequent mental distress, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 19% of Scott Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Scott Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Scott Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.9% | 15.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 20.1% | 17.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average trip to work in Scott Township is shorter than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
The average trip to work in Scott Township is 15 minutes. Jobs based in Scott Township grew to 346 in 2023, 245 more than in 2013. 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Scott Township.
| Scott Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Scott Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Scott Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop 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 Scott Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Scott Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Scott Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Scott Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Scott Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,757 (up from 1,696 at 2010) and it contained 528 housing units. Scott Township was organized in 1848.
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 820 ft
Scott Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Scott Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | — | — | B− | — | A+ | C− |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Locke Township | #79 | A | B | — | A+ | C |
| Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Nappanee | #196 | B+ | B− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Etna Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C− |
| German Township | #307 | B | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Bourbon Township | #83 | A | A | — | A− | C− |
Scott Township, Jefferson Township, Prairie Township and Etna Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Scott Township, Jefferson Township, Locke Township, Prairie Township, Etna Township, German Township and Bourbon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Scott Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Scott Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Scott Township, IN a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Scott 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−.