Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,037.
Chester Township’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and history; its weakest is a D for walkability. 9.9% of residents are 65 or older in Chester Township, below both the Ohio town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Chester Township's schools rank ahead of 72% of Ohio towns. Only 49 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Underwood Farms Rural Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Chester Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Chester Township beats most towns.
Where Chester 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 Chester Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 5 maps from 1917 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Chester 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 Chester Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Chester Township for work: only 2% work in town. Chester Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Chester Township’s median household income is $113,000.
| Chester Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $113,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Chester Township tracks Ohio closely on all 32 CDC measures. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Chester Township.
| Chester Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
People 65 and older are 10% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Chester Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Chester Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 24% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.8% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.4% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 23.4% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.7% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.1% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Chester Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
19 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Chester Township is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Chester Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chester Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
20 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year20 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
25 mi MuseumChateau Laroche
21 mi LandmarkPeters Cartridge Company
28 mi LandmarkMadonna of the TrailKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chateau Laroche: ConlonTT, Public domain · Peters Cartridge Company: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain
4 within 15 miles of the center of Chester Township
About 7 of every 100 Chester Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Chester Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,027.
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5 towns share a border with Chester Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Union Township | #636 | B− | B | — | C+ | C |
| Liberty Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C |
| Caesarscreek Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Spring Valley Township | #828 | C | C | — | C+ | B |
| Wayne Township | #374 | B+ | C | — | A+ | B+ |
Chester Township, Liberty Township and Caesarscreek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Chester Township, Union Township, Liberty Township, Caesarscreek Township, Spring Valley Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chester 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−.
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