Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,516.
The best of Clay Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools, cost of living, and history; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Clay Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both the Ohio town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 1 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 85% of the country. On the outdoors, just 74 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Hirons-Brown House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Clay Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Clay Township beats most towns.
Where Clay 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 Clay Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 4 maps from 1917 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Clay 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 Clay Township.
For adults in Clay Township, the share who have high blood pressure is 42%. 33% of Clay Township adults get no exercise outside work, against 28% in Ohio’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns.
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 32.6% | 26.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Clay Township rose by 29, to 94. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. In Clay Township, 12% of residents live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 27 miles away.
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 22%, against 32% across Ohio. Clay Township’s median age comes in at 41.9 years.
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Clay Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 2.8% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 43.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Clay Township’s FEMA risk score stands at 41 of 100. FEMA puts 63% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to drought. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Clay Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Clay Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Clay Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,499.
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5 towns share a border with Clay Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | D |
| Green Township | #895 | C− | B+ | — | B | D |
| Whiteoak Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | D |
| Washington Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
| Salem Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamer Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Clay Township, Whiteoak Township and Washington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clay Township, Green Township, Whiteoak Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Salem Township and Hamer Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clay Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A−.
