Bloom Seneca, 2006
Bloom Township’s story
201 years in pictures
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 2 maps from 1960 on.
- 1825Bloom Township is settled
Bloom TownshipOH
24% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
4 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Population
1,608
2025 Census estimate · −2.6% since 2020
Median home value
$123K
Census ACS
Household income
$78K
median
Median age
38.3
years
Jobs based here
121
A commuter town
Is Bloom Township a good place to live?
The best of Bloom Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living, schools, and civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. 11% of residents are 65 or older in Bloom Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. The biggest park or preserve is Garlo Heritage Nature Preserve, at 344 acres. Bloom Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bloom Township stand out
Where Bloom Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Bloom Township4.8
Typical U.S. town3.7
Typical OH town3.9
Civic lifeA
24% more nonprofits per person
than the typical Ohio town
Charities, civic groups and human services; churches not counted.
0historic places
HistoryA−
Settled in 1825
A long history
A history going back 201 years.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Bloom Township for work
Where Bloom Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
121jobs based in Bloom Township
2%of working residents work in town
18 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Bloom Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Bloom Township is from typical.
WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.3 of 20; 0.9% of households have no car; 0% of workers walk, bike or ride transitDOpen →Cost of livingTypical home $123K, 1.9 years of the Tiffin area’s $66K median household incomeAOpen →SchoolsBeat 90% of Ohio districts on tests and graduationAOpen →Jobs & income$78K median household incomeCOpen →HealthMercy Health - Tiffin Hospital 12.6 miles awayCOpen →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 36% of U.S. communities; inland flooding tops the listBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors0 miles of trails; 1% conserved landC+Open →HistoryA−Open →Civic life5.6 library visits per resident; 4.8 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsAOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Bloom Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloom Township, and how to reach them.
PowerAEP Ohio19.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterBloomville Village PWSNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet8 providers81% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Bloom Township’s trash rules yet
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.govWho runs elections hereDirector, Seneca County Board of ElectionsSeneca County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2019
ZIP codes44818, 44883, 4480744818 97% · 44883 2% · 44807 1%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 Bloom Township.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Bloom Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bloom Township for work: only 2% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Bloom Township, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Bloom Township has lost 85 jobs, to 121 in 2023.
2%work in town
| Bloom Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Bloom Township2%
Tiffin17%
Willard6%
Findlay3%
Venice Township3%
18 mi
median commute distance
121
jobs based in Bloom Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D
Walkability grade: more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
HealthC
Residents of Bloom Township are less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Bloom Township beats the Ohio average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 29% of Bloom Township adults get no exercise outside work.
33%healthier than U.S. townsCHealth Grade
| Bloom Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 13% | 12% |
32 measures vs. Ohio
2 better28 too close to call2 worse
| What stands out | Bloom Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.7% | 7.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.7% |
Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital
12.6 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Climate
In Bloom Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Bloom Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
30″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter21–36°
Spring39–59°
Summer60–82°
Fall43–63°
Oct 23
typical first frost
Apr 23
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B
Low risk in Bloom Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
36risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingTornadoesHail
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
OutdoorsC+
Bloom Township has set aside 0.6% of its land for conservation
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
0.6%conserved
0.6%
conserved · 138 of 23,210 acres
0.3 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Garlo Heritage Nature Preserve | — | 344 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Bloom Township
18pages on Bloom Township
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bloom Township
Heidelberg UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tiffin10.7 mi$33,650 tuitionTiffin UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tiffin11.5 mi$34,790 tuition
About 2 of every 100 Bloom Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Bloom Township
Township in Ohio, US
Bloom Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,624 people in the township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 912 ft
Bloom Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Bloom Township.
Eden TownshipScipio TownshipVenice TownshipLykens TownshipBloom Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Township | — | — | A | — | A | C |
| Eden Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B− |
| Scipio Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | C |
| Venice Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | C |
| Lykens Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bloom Township, Eden Township, Scipio Township and Venice Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bloom Township, Eden Township, Scipio Township and Venice Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lykens Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bloom Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bloom Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bloom Township, OH a good place to live?
24% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Bloom 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.