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Colerain Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $174K, 3 years of the Wheeling metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 874th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and residents are less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Only 84 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. 26% of residents are 65 or older in Colerain Township, against 20% in Ohio’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns.
Where Colerain Township beats most towns.
Where Colerain 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 Colerain Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Colerain 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 Colerain Township.
Colerain Township sends many workers across the state line, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
42% of adults have high blood pressure in Colerain Township. Colerain Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 31% of adults get no exercise outside work in Colerain Township.
| Colerain Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Colerain Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $984 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 88 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Colerain Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
34% of working residents cross a state line to work. Colerain Township has 269 jobs for its 1,743 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Colerain Township for work: only 3% work in town. Colerain Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Colerain Township has lost 67 jobs, to 269 in 2023.
| Colerain Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Colerain Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Colerain Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
14 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
7 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
9 mi GardenOglebay Park
7 mi MuseumWest Virginia Independence Hall
38 mi AttractionChester teapotMeadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grave Creek Mound: Shonebrooks, CC0 · WesBanco Arena: Jgera5 at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Oglebay Park: Morganismysheltie (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · West Virginia Independence Hall: Nyttend, Public domain · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Colerain Township
About 2 of every 100 Colerain Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Colerain is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916. It lies along U.S. Route 250. Colerain is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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4 towns share a border with Colerain Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colerain Township | #874 | C− | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Pease Township | #888 | C− | A− | — | B− | D |
| Richland Township | #509 | B | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Mount Pleasant Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Wheeling Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C |
Mount Pleasant Township and Wheeling Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Colerain Township, Pease Township, Richland Township, Mount Pleasant Township and Wheeling Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Colerain Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Colerain Township grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #874 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 B+.
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