Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,910.
Clay Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 432nd of 987 in Ohio, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 76% of Ohio towns. A typical home there costs about $200K, 2.8 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. 28% of residents are 65 or older in Clay Township, against 20% in Ohio’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Joseph Flory House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 3 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 2 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clay Township. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year18 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
14 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a year
13 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a year
33 mi LandmarkMadonna of the TrailNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain
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.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clay Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 3,589 in 2013 to 2,508.
Most working residents leave Clay Township for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Clay Township fell to 2,508 in 2023, 1,081 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Dayton (16%), Brookville (10%) and Clayton (3%).
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median age in Clay Township is 46.1 years. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.1 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 24% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Clay Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.6% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.3% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Clay Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.6 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Golden Gate Park, at 64 acres. Clay Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Golden Gate Park | 0.5 mi | 64 |
| 2. Westbrook Park | 0.1 mi | 14 |
| 3. Ward Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Clay Township beats the Ohio average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 14% of Clay Township adults have diabetes.
| Clay Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Clay Township
About 3 of every 100 Clay Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Clay Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,876.
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3 towns share a border with Clay Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | #432 | B | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Clayton | #260 | A− | C+ | B | B+ | B |
| Harrison Township | #584 | B− | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Perry Township | #645 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Clay Township, Harrison Township and Perry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clay Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Clay Township grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #432 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ 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 C+.
