Seward TownshipIN
A town of 2,305, settled in 1865.
Is Seward Township a good place to live?
The best of Seward Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On cost of living, just 35 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. Seward Township's schools rank ahead of 71% of Indiana towns. Seward Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Seward Township stand out
Where Seward Township beats most towns.
Seward Township has shrunk 11% since 2010
2,567 counted in 2010 and 2,280 in 2020; an estimated 2,305 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Seward Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Seward Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Seward Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Seward 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 Seward Township.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Seward Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Seward Township since 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Seward Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Seward Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Seward Township fell to 108 in 2023, 38 fewer than in 2013. 6.9% of Seward Township residents live below the poverty line, below both the Indiana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Seward Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Seward Township are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns
Seward Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of Seward Township adults have high blood pressure, above both Indiana’s towns (39%) and U.S. towns (35%). 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Seward Township.
| Seward Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Seward Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Seward Township
Seward Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Seward Township has set aside 0.5% of its land for conservation
1.6 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Seward Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Seward Township
About 4 of every 100 Seward Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
99% of working residents leave Seward Township for work
Where Seward Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Seward Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Seward Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,280 (down from 2,567 at 2010) and it contained 1,357 housing units. Seward Township was organized in 1859.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 879 ft
Seward Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Seward Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | C |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Lake Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Clay Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Harrison Township | #177 | A− | A | — | B+ | C |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
Seward Township, Franklin Township, Lake Township, Clay Township and Pleasant Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Seward Township, Franklin Township, Lake Township, Clay Township, Harrison Township and Pleasant Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Seward Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Seward Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Seward 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 A+.