Spencer TownshipIN
The town has 2,408 residents and lies in Indiana.
Is Spencer Township a good place to live?
The best of Spencer Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and a B+ for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. 1.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Spencer Township, below both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). 9.9% of the land in Spencer Township is conserved, above both the Indiana town median (1.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, 3,038 acres with 2 miles of trail. On history, just 77 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Spencer Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Spencer Township stand out
Where Spencer Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Spencer Township for work
Where Spencer Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Spencer Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Spencer Township is from typical.
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Moving to Spencer Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spencer 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 Spencer Township.
Health in Spencer Township trails 84% of U.S. towns
28% of Spencer Township adults get no exercise outside work. Among adults here, 19% report frequent mental distress and 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Spencer Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Spencer Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 19.4% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Spencer Township fall behind 67% of Indiana districts
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to Jennings County School Corporation. 284 students attend Spencer Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 284 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Spencer Township’s workers commute out
Among working residents in Spencer Township, 1.4% work locally. Half of commuters travel less than 16 miles. The top destinations are North Vernon (22%), Columbus (17%) and Seymour (14%).
| Spencer Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Spencer Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Spencer Township than in 78% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid one claim here since 2009.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Spencer Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 23° and July afternoons at 86°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Spencer Township earns a C− for the outdoors
Trails run 2.7 miles in 2 parks and preserves. In Spencer Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | 2 mi | 3,038 |
| 2. Sharps Woods | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Spencer Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Spencer Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Spencer Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Spencer Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Spencer Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,416 (up from 2,326 at 2010) and it contained 938 housing units.
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- Area
- 49 sq mi
- Elevation
- 646 ft
Spencer Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Spencer Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C− |
| Marion Township | — | — | A+ | — | C | C |
| Lovett Township | — | — | A | — | C | C− |
| Vernon Township | #548 | C− | A− | — | C | D |
| Jackson Township | #378 | B− | A− | — | C | C |
| Geneva Township | #526 | C− | A | — | C | C |
| Center Township | #543 | C− | A− | — | C | D |
| Country Squire Lakes | #567 | D | A | — | C | D− |
Spencer Township, Marion Township and Lovett Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spencer Township, Marion Township, Lovett Township, Vernon Township, Jackson Township, Geneva Township, Center Township and Country Squire Lakes report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spencer Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Spencer Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spencer 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−.