Bucks TownshipOH
A town of 1,892.
Is Bucks Township a good place to live?
The best of Bucks Township’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for health. Bucks Township’s median age is 27.6 years, against 41.7 years in Ohio’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 37 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on hazard risk. A typical home costs about $219K, 3.4 years of the New Philadelphia area’s $65K median household income. Bucks Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bucks Township stand out
Where Bucks Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Bucks Township for work
Where Bucks Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bucks Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Bucks Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Bucks Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bucks 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 Bucks Township.
Residents of Bucks Township are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns
Bucks Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 38% of Bucks Township adults feel lonely, above both Ohio’s towns (34%) and U.S. towns (33%). 20% of Bucks Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Bucks Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bucks Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.5% | 8% |
| More smokers | 20% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bucks Township’s schools rank ahead of 78% of Ohio districts
Its public schools are run by the Garaway Local school district. One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 139 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Bucks Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Bucks Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Bucks Township for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Bucks Township is 18 minutes. Jobs based in Bucks Township grew to 463 in 2023, 99 more than in 2013.
| Bucks Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bucks Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Bucks Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Baltic Community Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Pro Football Hall of Fame and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bucks Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
6 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
33 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
32 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
39 mi Zoo & aquariumThe Wilds
20 mi MuseumFort LaurensPhoto credits
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Wilds: Bikingshaun (talk), CC BY 3.0 · Fort Laurens: Roseohioresident, Public domain
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Everything we know about Bucks Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bucks Township
About 2 of every 100 Bucks Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Bucks Township
Township in Ohio, US
Bucks Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,942 people in the township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,191 ft
Bucks Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bucks Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | D |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adams Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Auburn Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C− |
| Clark Township | #303 | B+ | B− | — | A− | C− |
| Crawford Township | — | — | B | — | A− | D |
Bucks Township, Auburn Township and Crawford Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bucks Township, Auburn Township, Clark Township and Crawford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jefferson Township and Adams Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bucks Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bucks Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bucks 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 B+.