A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Haddon Township$720/mo

Typical home $125K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $692/mo · Housing →

Gill Township$1,050/mo

Typical home $180K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,077/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Gill Township and Haddon Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Haddon Township and Gill Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Haddon TownshipGill Township

Haddon Township ↔ Gill Township7.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Indiana ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+Haddon TownshipBetter than 69% of districts in the state –Gill TownshipNot graded

Health

DHaddon TownshipHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns C−Gill TownshipHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Haddon TownshipGill Township

Snow a year15″12″

January low22°F 23°F

July high86°F 87°F

Growing season (days)202d 193d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 48th

Outdoors & history

Haddon TownshipGill Township

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.3%3.3%

Community

Haddon TownshipGill Township

Library hours a week30 hrs 30 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Indiana average

Haddon TownshipGill Township

People

Population 3,739Highest 1,269Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.6%Lowest IN: +4.7% -5.5%Highest IN: +4.7%

Median age 40±3.1Highest 5% above IN 39.9±4.5Lowest 5% above IN

Haddon Township and Gill Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 11.9%±2.9Lowest IN: 23.3% 18.8%±6.2Highest IN: 23.3%

Gill Township and Haddon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.6%±3Lowest IN: 16.8% 14.6%±5Highest IN: 16.8%

Gill Township and Haddon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.8%Lowest IN: 29.5% 31.5%Highest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.5Highest IN: 5.8% 0.7%±1.6Lowest IN: 5.8%

Haddon Township and Gill Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,917±$15kLowest 13% below IN $77,173±$8kHighest 7% above IN

Gill Township and Haddon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,000±$29kLowest 43% below IN $180,100±$31kHighest 17% below IN

Gill Township and Haddon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $692±$266Lowest 35% below IN $1,077±$251Highest about the IN average

Gill Township and Haddon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $814Lowest 50% below IN $1,238Highest 23% below IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.6%±73.5Highest IN: 48.1% 27.6%±99.3Lowest IN: 48.1%

Haddon Township and Gill Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 15%Highest IN: 12.3% 3.1%Lowest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.6%Lowest IN: 70.6% 89.7%Highest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 4 yrs older than IN 1975Highest 1 yr older than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 min about the IN average 25 min about the IN average

Work from home 3.1%±2.4Lowest IN: 10.7% 7.3%±10.9Highest IN: 10.7%

Gill Township and Haddon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 6.4%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.86Highest 0.64Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sullivan (9%)Sullivan (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Gill TownshipFew work in Haddon Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 2.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.4Highest 3.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #209 of 350 in IN—

School district Southwest School Corporation—

High school in town None in town—

Indiana average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Haddon Township vs Gill Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Gill Township

Haddon Township and Gill Township share a border

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