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A town of 3,170.
Clinton Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $169K, 2.3 years of the Wooster area’s $74K median household income. It grades A− overall, 205th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Kister Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places. Clinton Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
Where Clinton Township beats most towns.
Kister Mill| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Shreve Elementary School | PK–5 | 317 |
Where Clinton 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 Clinton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,028 in 1990, 3,165 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1912 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Clinton 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 Clinton Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2005, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clinton Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Triway Local school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shreve Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 317 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
19% of Clinton Township adults smoke cigarettes. Clinton Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 18% of Clinton Township adults binge drink.
| Clinton Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Clinton Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.5% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 8% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 58.2% | 62.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Clinton Township for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Clinton Township grew to 511 in 2023, 88 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Wooster (26%), Shreve (7%) and Wooster Township (5%).
| Clinton Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $72,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.2% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clinton Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Clinton Township
About 4 of every 100 Clinton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Clinton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,165 people in the township.
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6 towns share a border with Clinton Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Plain Township (A−) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | #205 | A− | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Plain Township | #218 | A− | B+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Ripley Township | — | — | B | — | B | C− |
| Franklin Township | #401 | B+ | B | — | A− | C |
| Lake Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wooster Township | #423 | B | B | — | A− | B− |
| Washington Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
Ripley Township and Washington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clinton Township, Plain Township, Ripley Township, Franklin Township, Wooster Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lake Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clinton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Clinton Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #205 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.