Blanchard TownshipOH
A town of 1,399, founded in 1892.
Is Blanchard Township a good place to live?
Blanchard Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life and an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. Blanchard Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,399 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Blanchard Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Blanchard Township is from typical.
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Moving to Blanchard Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blanchard 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Blanchard Township.
Most of Blanchard Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. Blanchard Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. The top destinations are Kenton (11%), Ada (7%) and Columbus (5%).
| Blanchard Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Blanchard Township are less healthy than seven in ten U.S. towns
For adults in Blanchard Township, the share who report frequent physical distress is 15%. Among adults locally, 29% get no exercise outside work, close to Ohio’s towns (28%) and above U.S. towns (25%).
| Blanchard Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Blanchard Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Blanchard Township
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 19°, with about 26 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Blanchard Township has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 58% of Blanchard Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Blanchard Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Blanchard Township
About 4 of every 100 Blanchard Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
99% of working residents leave Blanchard Township for work
Where Blanchard Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Blanchard Township
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Blanchard is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Questions about Blanchard Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blanchard Township, OH expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.