The public schools Carter’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 97% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A+School Grade

School	Grades	Students	Grade
David Turnham Education Center	PK–6	299	A
Heritage Hills Middle School	7–8	341	A
Heritage Hills High School	9–12	634	A

NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduationAll 3 schools →

Health

Healthier than 44% of U.S. towns

Carter beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.

C+Health Grade

32 measures vs. Indiana

5 better26 too close to call1 worse

What stands out	Carter	IN
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off	6.6%	8.4%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity	11.6%	14.7%
More adults who have had cancer	9.7%	8.3%

Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center

16 mi away · emergency room

2 of 3

care shortages: primary care, mental health

71st

percentile among IN towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →

Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Carter has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 24°, and about 8 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

8″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter26–44°

Spring44–67°

Summer65–86°

Fall46–69°

Oct 26

typical first frost

Apr 11

typical last frost

+0.7°

vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →

Work & commute

About one in five working residents works right in Carter

Most working residents leave Carter for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (14%), Dale (11%) and Ferdinand (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

19%work in town

Where working residents work

In Carter19%

Jasper14%

Dale11%

Ferdinand9%

Evansville7%

15 mi

median commute distance

1,922

jobs based in Carter

Balanced

jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →

Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 49% of U.S. communities.

49risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingEarthquakesTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →

Outdoors

0.3% of Carter is conserved land

4.3 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves.

0.3%conserved

Map of Carter: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk — Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below

0.3%

conserved · 70 of 22,992 acres

4.3 mi

of trails · 0.1 per sq mi

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. Jim Yellig Park	—	21
2. Mariah Hill Park	—	5
3. Dale Park	—	4

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial · National Register of Historic Places

Carter’s story

Carter in pictures

1 places on the National Register of Historic Places.

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About Carter

Township in Indiana, United States

Carter Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,228 and it contained 1,311 housing units.

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