Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,709.
Few places in the country grade higher. Canaan Township earns an A+, 36th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The median household earns $80K, it is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns, and its schools outperform 83% of the state's. Its lowest mark, a B, is in cost of living. 94% of households own their home in Canaan Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. Price Corners is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Canaan Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Canaan Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 14.1% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Alder Junior High | 7–8 | 382 |
| Canaan Middle School | 5–6 | 354 |
| Jonathan Alder High School | 9–12 | 729 |
Where Canaan 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 Canaan Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2015 and 3 maps from 1916 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Canaan Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
12 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
15 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
31 mi MountainCampbell HillOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Canaan 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 Canaan Township.
Canaan Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and has less food insecurity than most of Ohio, but it has little public open land.
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 7.2% of its 12,606 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
Among adults in Canaan Township, 12% say their health is fair or poor and 11% smoke cigarettes. In Canaan Township, 7.2% of adults worry about having enough food.
| Canaan Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Canaan Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $312K.
Its public schools are run by the Jonathan Alder Local school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The largest public high school is Jonathan Alder High School, with 729 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Alder Junior HighLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 382 | A− |
| Jonathan Alder High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 729 | A− |
| Canaan Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 354 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here fell from 671 in 2013 to 463.
Among residents in Canaan Township, 5.9% live below the poverty line. Only 3% of working residents stay in Canaan Township for work; the rest commute out. Jobs locally fell by 208 from 2013 to 2023, to 463. The town’s average trip to work stands at 20 minutes.
| Canaan Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For adults 25 and older in Canaan Township, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 33%. Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 26% of residents (22% statewide).
| Canaan Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 20% | 18% |
45% women, 55% men
About 125 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5.4 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Canaan Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.4% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Canaan Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 35 of 100. 64% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 12%. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1979: 4.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 49 of its 22,195 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Canaan Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
The biggest park or preserve is Prairie Oaks Metro Park, at 33 acres. Walkers can cover 1.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prairie Oaks Metro Park | 0.7 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Canaan Township
About 2 of every 100 Canaan Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Canaan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,631 people in the township.
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4 towns share a border with Canaan Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan Township | #36 | A+ | B | — | A− | A |
| Brown Township | #569 | B− | C− | — | B | A |
| Darby Township | #29 | A+ | B− | — | A− | A |
| Monroe Township | — | — | B | — | A− | C |
| Jefferson Township | #476 | B | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
Monroe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Canaan Township, Brown Township, Darby Township, Monroe Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Canaan Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Canaan Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #36 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A 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 B.
