Skelton TownshipIN
A town of 1,618. 66% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Skelton Township a good place to live?
The best of Skelton Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A for schools and civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On hazard risk, just 40 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Skelton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Skelton Township stand out
Where Skelton Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Tennyson Elementary School | K–5 | 60 |
99% of working residents leave Skelton Township for work
Where Skelton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Skelton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Skelton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Skelton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Skelton 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 Skelton Township.
On state tests, Skelton Township’s schools beat 90% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Warrick County School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennyson Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 60 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Skelton Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Skelton Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Skelton Township has added 42 jobs, to 70 in 2023. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Skelton Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Skelton Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Skelton Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Skelton Township
Skelton Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Skelton Township’s July high is 88°F, against 84°F in Indiana’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Skelton Township are healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Skelton Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Skelton Township adults feel lonely.
| Skelton Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Skelton Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Skelton Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Theme parkHoliday World & Splashin' Safari
25 mi MuseumUSS LST-325
9 mi National MemorialLincoln Boyhood National Memorial116K visitors a year
19 mi Ancient siteAngel Mounds
24 mi Stadium & arenaFord Center
25 mi Zoo & aquariumMesker Park Zoo and Botanic GardenPhoto credits
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Public domain · USS LST-325: Wikideas1, CC0 · Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Rene Sturgell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Angel Mounds: Heironymous Rowe (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ford Center: Nyttend, Public domain · Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden: Randella (talk), CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Skelton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Skelton Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Skelton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Skelton Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Skelton Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | B− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grass Township | — | — | A+ | — | A+ | C |
| Boon Township | #119 | A− | A− | — | A | B− |
| Owen Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pigeon Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
Skelton Township, Grass Township and Pigeon Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Skelton Township, Grass Township, Boon Township and Pigeon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township and Owen Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Skelton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Skelton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Skelton Township, IN a good place to live?
66% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Skelton 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+.