Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 4,943: a town in Ohio.
Bethel Township’s strongest subject is incomes: the median household earns $110K. Add schools to its strengths (A−) — its public schools beat four in five Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is cost of living (C+): the typical home is worth about $308K, 4.3 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. Overall, that makes an A−, good for 222nd of 987 in Ohio. Nationally, it does better than four fifths of U.S. towns. The town has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them William Baumgardner House and Farm Buildings and Staley Farm. Its median age is 52 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Charleston Falls Preserve, at 214 acres with 4.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Bethel Township beats most towns.
William Baumgardner House and Farm Buildings| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bethel Elementary School | K–5 | 944 |
| Bethel Middle School | 5–8 | 526 |
| Bethel High School | 9–12 | 521 |
Where Bethel 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 Bethel Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bethel Township. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year10 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
36 mi MountainCampbell Hill
15 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
9 mi MuseumHuffman Prairie
9 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a yearNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bethel 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 Bethel Township.
Bethel Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes, has household incomes well above the Ohio norm and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
The largest public high school is Bethel High School, with 521 students. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by the Bethel Local school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 944 | A− |
| Bethel High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 521 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. 57% of Bethel Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 16%. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1981: 3.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median household earns $109,849, against $71,389 across Ohio, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 8% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 49% of residents (38% statewide). The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 31%, against 32% across Ohio. 4,943 people lived in Bethel Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 3.7% more than in 2020.
| Bethel Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 24% | 29% |
44% women, 56% men
About 127 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.2 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Bethel Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 2.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.5% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,900, single groups can be off by several points
Jobs based here grew from 945 in 2013 to 1,348.
The top destinations are Dayton (16%), Huber Heights (8%) and Vandalia (5%). Only 6% of working residents stay in Bethel Township for work; the rest commute out. For Bethel Township, the mean commuting time is 21 minutes. Employers in Bethel Township added 403 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,348.
| Bethel Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails run 7.8 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Bethel Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Bethel Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Charleston Falls Preserve | 4.5 mi | 214 |
| 2. Honey Creek Reserve | 1.1 mi | 194 |
| 3. Bethal Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 12 inches a winter. Bethel Township has chilly winters and warm summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,155 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bethel Township’s, it is less healthy than 75%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
26% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bethel Township. Of 32 CDC measures, Bethel Township beats the Ohio average on 5 and trails it on 1. Among adults here, 35% have obesity and 18% say their health is fair or poor.
| Bethel Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bethel Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.1% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Bethel Township
About 1 of every 100 Bethel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Bethel Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Bethel Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,758 people in the township.
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10 towns share a border with Bethel Township.
New Carlisle next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Bethel Township’s A−) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C+).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Township | #222 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Huber Heights | #707 | C+ | B− | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Monroe Township | #67 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Tipp City | #31 | A+ | B− | A− | A | B+ |
| Vandalia | #311 | B+ | B | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Bethel Township | #804 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Brandt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B− |
Elizabeth Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bethel Township, Monroe Township, Bethel Township and Elizabeth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Brandt isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bethel Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bethel Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #222 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
