Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,728.
Center Township’s weakest subject grade is a D for health. Center Township’s median age is 51.1 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. National Road is on the National Register of Historic Places. Center Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Center Township beats most towns.
Where Center 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 Center Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Center 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 Center Township.
Center Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 33% of Center Township adults get no exercise outside work, against 28% in Ohio’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. 15% of adults have diabetes in Center Township.
| Center Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Center Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.1% | 15.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.4% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1994, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Center Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Center Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Center Township grew to 222 in 2023, 122 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Cambridge (28%), Zanesville (6%) and Jackson Township (6%).
| Center Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Center Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of Center Township
About 5 of every 100 Center Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,744.
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6 towns share a border with Center Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | — | — | B | — | B− | D |
| Wills Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C |
| Cambridge Township | #932 | D | B | — | C+ | D |
| Jackson Township | #903 | C− | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Old Washington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Richland Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Center Township, Wills Township and Richland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Center Township, Wills Township, Cambridge Township, Jackson Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Old Washington and Jefferson Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Center Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.