Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,576.
The best of Benton Township’s subject grades are an A for the outdoors and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Benton Township’s average trip to work is 50 minutes, above both the Ohio town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On incomes, just 10 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 96% of the country. 33% of the land in Benton Township is conserved, above both the Ohio town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 69 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on the outdoors. Eager Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places. Benton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Benton Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Benton 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 Benton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1915 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Benton 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 Benton Township.
22% of Benton Township adults smoke cigarettes. Benton Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 23. 18% of Benton Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Benton Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Benton Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.4% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 8% |
| More smokers | 22.4% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
48 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Benton Township is 1.3 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Pike Lake State Park, 426 acres with 5.3 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pike Lake State Park | 5.3 mi | 426 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
0.4% of working residents work locally in Benton Township. Since 2013, Benton Township has lost 89 jobs, to 35 in 2023. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Benton Township.
| Benton Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Benton Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Benton Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MountainSerpent Mound
6 mi National Historical ParkHopewell Culture National Historical Park52K visitors a year
6 mi MuseumHarris Dental Museum
39 mi TheatreMurphy TheatreSerpent Mound: The British Library, No restrictions · Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harris Dental Museum: Nyttend, Public domain · Murphy Theatre: Aesopposea, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Benton Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Benton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Benton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,583 people in the township.
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4 towns share a border with Benton Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Township | — | — | B | — | C | D− |
| Mifflin Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D− |
| Pebble Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | D− |
| Sunfish Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | D− |
| Perry Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Benton Township, Mifflin Township, Pebble Township and Sunfish Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Benton Township, Mifflin Township, Pebble Township and Sunfish Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Perry Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Benton 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 B.
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