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For most people who can afford it, yes. Canal Winchester grades B+ overall, 282nd of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The median household earns $131K. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 83% of the country. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $412K, 5 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. Its National Register listings include Bergstresser Covered Bridge and David's Reformed Church. Canal Winchester’s income of the median household is $131,000, above both the Ohio town median ($75,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 135 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Canal Winchester beats most towns.
Its 29 National Register listings are more than in 97% of Ohio towns with a listing.
Census counts: 352 in 1850, 9,107 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 5 maps from 1925 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Canal Winchester is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Canal Winchester. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
14 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
27 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
11 mi MuseumOhio Governor's MansionOhio 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 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ohio Governor's Mansion: Bwsmith84 (talk), CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Canal Winchester, 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 Canal Winchester.
Canal Winchester draws workers from Columbus and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of Ohio, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
The median property tax bill is $5,185, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A typical home in Canal Winchester is worth about $412,000, up 0.8% in a year, 67% above the Ohio typical home. The town’s going rate for rent is $1,692 a month. Also worth knowing: among households in the town, 86% live in a home they own.
| Canal Winchester | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,692 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Canal Winchester, the trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is McGill Park, at 64 acres. The town has 6 parks and preserves, 114 acres in all.
| Canal Winchester | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Busey Road Park | 0.6 mi | 31 |
| 2. McGill Park | 0.5 mi | 64 |
| 3. Roger Hanners Recreational Fields & Skate Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
6,562 jobs are based in Canal Winchester, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 4,186 in 2013 to 6,562.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Canal Winchester rose by 2,376, to 6,562. Most people who work leave Canal Winchester to do it: just 8% work in town. In Canal Winchester, 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Canal Winchester | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.5% of its 6,997 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide. Against the 4,415 U.S. towns with household incomes like Canal Winchester’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
For adults in Canal Winchester, the share who get no exercise outside work is 20%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Canal Winchester is ahead of Ohio on 21 and behind on 1.
| Canal Winchester | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Canal Winchester | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.4% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A winter brings about 28 inches of snow, with January nights at 22° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $452 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Canal Winchester, 75% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes. The town’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 55 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Canal Winchester after 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2026.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Canal Winchester
About 6 of every 100 Canal Winchester residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
7,101 counted in 2010 and 9,107 in 2020; an estimated 10,058 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 10.3% since 2020, after 28.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
29 places in Canal Winchester on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Canal Winchester.
City in Ohio, United States
Canal Winchester is a city in Fairfield and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 9,107 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb in the Columbus metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Canal Winchester.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal Winchester | #282 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Madison Township | #464 | B | C+ | A | C+ | B− |
| Columbus | #933 | D | C | D | C | B− |
| Lithopolis | #252 | A− | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Groveport | #546 | B− | C+ | B | C+ | B |
| Violet Township | #335 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A− |
Canal Winchester, Lithopolis and Violet Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Canal Winchester with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Canal Winchester grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #282 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
3 notable people were born here, including Grace Marie Bareis and John C. Speaks.
