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%

Pershing Township$1,170/mo

Typical home $215K (Census) · tax rate 0.25% · Housing →

Campbell Township$1,050/mo

Typical home $184K (Census) · tax rate 0.57% · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Pershing Township and Campbell 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.

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

–Pershing TownshipNot graded C+Campbell TownshipBetter than 42% of districts in the state

Health

–Pershing TownshipNot graded DCampbell TownshipHealthier than 9% 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

Pershing TownshipCampbell Township

Snow a year8″17″

January low22°F 23°F

July high85°F 86°F

Growing season (days)187d 180d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 75th

Outdoors & history

Pershing TownshipCampbell Township

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land24.6%7.9%

Settled—1825

National Register places1 1

Community

Pershing TownshipCampbell Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 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.

Where they are

33 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pershing TownshipJackson County Campbell TownshipJennings County

Pershing Township ↔ Campbell Township33 miles apart

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

Pershing TownshipCampbell Township

People

Population 948Lowest 1,169Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.9%Highest IN: +4.7% -5.2%Lowest IN: +4.7%

Median age 47.3±19.5Lowest 24% above IN 47.5±13.6Highest 25% above IN

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

Kids under 18 16.4%±10.5Lowest IN: 23.3% 19.7%±7Highest IN: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 18.9%±10Lowest IN: 16.8% 20.4%±9.7Highest IN: 16.8%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.2%Highest IN: 29.5% 3.5%Lowest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±6.5Highest IN: 5.8% 4%±4.6Lowest IN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,675±$47kHighest about the IN average $72,261±$22kLowest about the IN average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $215,400±$46kHighest about the IN average $184,400±$40kLowest 15% below IN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $528Lowest 67% below IN $1,046Highest 35% below IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25%±52.2Highest IN: 48.1% 0%±66.7Lowest IN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 9.8%Lowest IN: 12.3% 22.9%Highest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.8%Highest IN: 70.6% 85.7%Lowest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest same as IN 1987Highest 11 yrs newer than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 20% above IN 33 minHighest 36% above IN

Work from home 9.8%±9.6Highest IN: 10.7% 0%±2.5Lowest IN: 10.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.2%Lowest 0.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 22.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.04Lowest 0.18Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Seymour (24%)North Vernon (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Campbell TownshipFew work in Pershing Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 24.6%Highest 7.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 3.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.9Lowest 5.9Highest

Schools

School district —Jennings County School Corporation

High school in town —None in town

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

Deciding?

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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.

Pershing Township vs Campbell Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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