Buck TownshipOH
A town of 2,340. 95% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Buck Township a good place to live?
Buck Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a D for incomes. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Buck Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 55 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns score lower on incomes. Residents are less healthy than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On civic life, just 22 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Saulisberry Park, at 166 acres. Buck Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Buck Township stand out
Where Buck Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 1,621 people come to Buck Township for work
Where Buck Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Buck Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Buck Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Buck Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Buck 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 Buck Township.
A job hub: Buck Township has 1.9 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,621 commuters
Most working residents leave Buck Township for work: only 13% work in town. Jobs based in Buck Township grew to 1,742 in 2023, 160 more than in 2013. At 22 minutes, Buck Township’s average trip to work is where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Buck Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Buck Township’s schools rank behind 58% of Ohio districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parochial #1 PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 30 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
For health, Buck Township earns a D
21% of adults smoke cigarettes in Buck Township. Buck Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 34% of adults get no exercise outside work in Buck Township.
| Buck Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Buck Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.7% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 20.5% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Buck Township
Buck Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Buck Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Buck Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Buck Township has set aside 1.9% of its land for conservation
2.3 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Buck Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Buck Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saulisberry Park | — | 166 |
| 2. Home Run Memorial Park | — | 40 |
| 3. C E Wharton Memorial Park | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Buck Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Buck Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Buck Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Buck Township
Township in Ohio, US
Buck Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,391.
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- Area
- 31 sq mi
- Elevation
- 981 ft
Buck Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Buck Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Pleasant Township | #708 | C+ | A | — | B− | D |
| Kenton | #794 | C | A+ | C | C+ | D |
| Cessna Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hale Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Lynn Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Taylor Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dudley Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | D |
Buck Township, Hale Township and Dudley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Buck Township, Pleasant Township, Hale Township and Dudley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Cessna Township, Lynn Township and Taylor Creek Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Buck Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Buck Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Buck Township, OH a good place to live?
95% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Buck 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.