Wildcat TownshipIN
A town of 1,251.
Is Wildcat Township a good place to live?
The best of Wildcat Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a C for walkability. Only 2 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score higher on cost of living. Wildcat Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On the outdoors, just 11 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Wildcat Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,251 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Wildcat Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Wildcat Township is from typical.
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Moving to Wildcat Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wildcat 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 Wildcat Township.
Wildcat Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Wildcat Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Wildcat Township has added 30 jobs, to 191 in 2023. The top destinations are Indianapolis (17%), Kokomo (12%) and Tipton (10%).
| Wildcat Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Wildcat Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Wildcat Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Wildcat Township are less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Wildcat Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 14% of Wildcat Township adults have diabetes, close to Indiana’s towns (13%) and above U.S. towns (12%). 31% of Wildcat Township adults feel lonely.
| Wildcat Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wildcat Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 57% | 61.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wildcat Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. 20% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Wildcat Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Wildcat Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Wildcat Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wildcat Township
About 3 of every 100 Wildcat Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Wildcat Township has shrunk 12% since 2010
1,421 counted in 2010 and 1,260 in 2020; an estimated 1,251 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Wildcat Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Wildcat Township is one of six townships in Tipton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,260 (down from 1,421 at 2010) and it contained 589 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 863 ft
Questions about Wildcat Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wildcat 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+.