American TownshipOH
A town of 14,434.
Is American Township a good place to live?
American Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 738th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 61% of Ohio towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $65K, and 8% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $178K, 2.8 years of the Lima metro’s $64K median household income. Only 149 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. American Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Hermon Woodlands, at 141 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
How American Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far American Township is from typical.
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Moving to American Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in American Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in American Township.
American Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Lima and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
American Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
American Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
American Township’s grade for schools is a B
Its public schools are run by the Elida Local school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Elida High School, with 546 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elida ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 1,003 | B+ |
| Elida High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 546 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
| American Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hermon Woodlands | 1.6 mi | 141 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About one in eight working residents works right in American Township
American Township has about as many jobs (7,183) as working residents, but only 780 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave American Township for work: only 13% work in town. 4.9% of workers work from home in American Township. The top destinations are Lima (26%), Bath Township (6%) and Shawnee Township (6%).
| American Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moderate risk in American Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $176 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in American Township is 59 of 100. Since 2015, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in American Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, American Township is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,012 U.S. towns with household incomes like American Township’s, it is healthier than 60%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
American Township beats the Ohio average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 82% of American Township adults had a checkup this year.
| American Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | American Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 14.1% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 69.4% | 65.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
American Township is safer than 53% of U.S. towns, by crime per resident
Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
American Township’s violent crime rate is 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| American Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 14.1 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about American Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of American Township
About 7 of every 100 American Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About American Township
Township in Ohio, US
American Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 14,538 people in the township.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 823 ft
American Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with American Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Township | #738 | C+ | B− | B− | B | C+ |
| Lima | #981 | D | B+ | D | C | D− |
| Sugar Creek Township | — | — | C | — | B | B− |
| Shawnee Township | #373 | B+ | B− | B+ | A− | C+ |
Sugar Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sugar Creek Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare American Township with a neighbor →
Questions about American Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is American Township, OH a good place to live?
American Township grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #738 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ for health, B− for safety and B for schools.
Is American Township, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.