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Beechwood TrailsOH

A town of 3,133 in Ohio.

What should you know before moving to Beechwood Trails?

Strong in places, weak in others. Its best grade is for incomes: the median household earns $111K. Beechwood Trails ranks 322nd of 987 in Ohio, with a B+ overall. On that grade it does better than 72% of U.S. towns. It is strong on health as well (A−) — it is healthier than 76% of U.S. towns. The drawback is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $349K, 4.3 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income.

Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow.

What makes Beechwood Trails stand out

Where Beechwood Trails beats most towns.

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Beechwood Trails for work

Where Beechwood Trails’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

33% → Columbus Columbus 33% 5% → Pataskala Pataskala 5% 5% → New Albany New Albany 5% 5% → Etna Township Etna Township 5% 4% → Newark Newark 4% 4% → Westerville Westerville 4% Beechwood Trails · 1% stay
114jobs based in Beechwood Trails
1%of working residents work in town
15 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Beechwood Trails grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Beechwood Trails is from typical.

How grading works

Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 10%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Nearby attractions

Ohio Stadium and 30 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beechwood Trails. Close and well known come first.

All 47 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Ohio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Alligator Effigy Mound: Rev. Stephen D. Peet, editor, Public domain

Getting set up

Moving to Beechwood Trails: who provides what

Beechwood Trails is unincorporated, so Licking County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerAEP Ohio19.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterLicking Regional Water DistrictNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesLicking CountyLicking County provides services here
SchoolsSouthwest Licking Local School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereDirector, Licking County Board of ElectionsLicking County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Dec 2025
ZIP code4306243062 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Beechwood Trails.

Beechwood Trails has less food insecurity than most of Ohio and sends most of its workers to Columbus and beyond, but it has little public open land.

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A

Beechwood Trails faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Of the losses FEMA expects in Beechwood Trails, 58% come from inland flooding and 12% from hail. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.

15risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
15Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHailTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

HealthA−

Beechwood Trails earns an A− for health

Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 7.9% of its 2,520 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide. Against the 7,016 U.S. towns with household incomes like Beechwood Trails’s, it is healthier than 57%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.

Nearly a third of adults feel lonely in Beechwood Trails, below Ohio’s towns (34%) and close to U.S. towns (33%). Beechwood Trails: a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work. Against the Ohio average, Beechwood Trails comes out ahead on 15 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. Among adults here, 15% report frequent mental distress and 14% say their health is fair or poor.

76%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
Beechwood TrailsOhio townsU.S. towns
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)20%28%25%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)15%18%17%
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)14%20%19%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)12%15%14%
32 measures vs. Ohio
15 better16 too close to call1 worse
What stands outBeechwood TrailsOH
Fewer adults facing food insecurity7.9%14.1%
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off5%8.3%
More adults who have had cancer10.1%8.7%
Mount Carmel East & West
10.6 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
84th
percentile among OH towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A+

Beechwood Trails stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line

Beechwood Trails has 114 jobs for its 1,637 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 26.1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.

Beechwood Trails’ typical journey to work is 29 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 1% of working residents work locally here. It had 114 jobs in 2023, up 82 from 2013. Half commute less than 15 miles.

1%work in town
Beechwood TrailsOhio townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line1.9%9.1%9.6%
Median household income$111,000$75,000$80,000
Average trip to work29 minutes24 minutes25 minutes
Working residents who work in town1%6.9%8%

Where working residents work

In Beechwood Trails1%
Columbus33%
Pataskala5%
New Albany5%
Etna Township5%
15 mi
median commute distance
114
jobs based in Beechwood Trails
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D
Walkability grade: more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

The climate in Beechwood Trails brings four seasons and pleasant summers

A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 20° and July afternoons at 84°.

17″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter22–38°
Spring40–62°
Summer61–82°
Fall43–64°
Oct 16
typical first frost
Apr 29
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HousingCost of living grade C

Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, more of Beechwood Trails’ households live in a home they own

The median property tax bill is $4,446, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.

The median sale price was $395,000 in September 2026. A home in Beechwood Trails typically sold within 45 days of listing. Sellers in Beechwood Trails got 96.9% of the asking price, typically.

$395Kmedian sale price
Market temperature
Seller’s marketA strong seller's marketBuyer’sSeller’s
45
days on market
96.9%
sale-to-list price
5
homes sold in September

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

OutdoorsD

0% of Beechwood Trails is conserved land

Just 0 of its 2,274 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Beechwood Trails itself; its outdoors grade is D.

0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 2,274 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Beechwood Trails Park and Pool—7

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Beechwood Trails

16pages on Beechwood Trails
After high school

Colleges nearby

6 within 15 miles of the center of Beechwood Trails

About Beechwood Trails

Census-designated place in Ohio, United States

Beechwood Trails is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
3.8 sq mi
Elevation
1,207 ft

Beechwood Trails’s neighbors

2 towns share a border with Beechwood Trails.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownOH rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Beechwood Trails#322B+C—B+A−
Harrison Township#445BC—B+B+
Pataskala#567B−C—BB

Beechwood Trails, Harrison Township and Pataskala report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Beechwood Trails with a neighbor →

Questions about Beechwood Trails

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Beechwood Trails, OH a good place to live?

By most measures, yes. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.

Is Beechwood Trails, OH expensive?

The typical home is worth about $349,000, 42% above the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.