Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,880.
Adams Township’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for health. On the outdoors, just 164 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Adams Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Guernsey County Courthouse. Adams Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Adams Township beats most towns.
Where Adams Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Adams Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 6 maps from 1909 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Adams 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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Adams Township.
In Adams Township, 17% of adults worry about having enough food. The share of adults in Adams Township who get no exercise outside work is 33%, against 28% in Ohio’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. Among adults in the town, 19% smoke cigarettes and 15% have diabetes.
| Adams Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Adams Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 11% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Adams Township dropped by 24, to 96. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The share of residents in Adams Township who live below the poverty line is 16%, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). In Adams Township, the typical journey to work is 18 minutes.
| Adams Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. 72% of Adams Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 8%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 20° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For adults 25 and older in Adams Township, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 32%. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. The town’s midpoint age comes in at 36.4 years.
| Adams Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
Somewhere between 43% and 68% women
The Census survey reached too few of Adams Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±12.5 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Adams Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.2% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.3% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
There are 1.0 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. S Bridge Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Adams Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Zoo & aquariumThe Wilds
30 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
31 mi MuseumFlint Ridge State Memorial
5 mi MuseumJohn and Annie Glenn Museum
37 mi MuseumAmish & Mennonite Heritage Center
40 mi GardenDawes ArboretumThe Wilds: Bikingshaun (talk), CC BY 3.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flint Ridge State Memorial: Nyttend, Public domain · John and Annie Glenn Museum: Akflyer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center: photoswelike, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dawes Arboretum: Annmarie Creamer, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Adams Township
About 2 of every 100 Adams Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Adams Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Adams Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,872.
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4 towns share a border with Adams Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | D |
| Westland Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C |
| Knox Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cambridge Township | #932 | D | B | — | C+ | D |
| Highland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Adams Township and Westland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Adams Township, Westland Township and Cambridge Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Knox Township and Highland Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Adams Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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