Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,963.
The best of Colerain Township’s subject grades are an A for history and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 80 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. A typical home costs about $210K, 3.4 years of the Chillicothe area’s $61K median household income. No town among the 994 in Ohio we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Colerain Township. 20% of the land in Colerain Township is conserved, where Ohio’s towns sit at 3.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Buchwalter House-Applethorpe Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Colerain Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
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 7 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 3 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Colerain Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 18% of Colerain Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Ohio town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 28% of Colerain Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Colerain Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Colerain Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Colerain Township for work: only 0% work in town. Colerain Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. The top destinations are Green Township (20%), Chillicothe (16%) and Columbus (8%).
| Colerain Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
11 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Tar Hollow State Park, at 488 acres with 3.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tar Hollow State Park | 3.1 mi | 488 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Colerain Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Colerain Township
About 4 of every 100 Colerain Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,017 people in the township.
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8 towns share a border with Colerain Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colerain Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Saltcreek Township | #776 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Adelphi | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Green Township | #823 | C | B | — | B | C− |
| Harrison Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | D |
| Laurelville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Perry Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Salt Creek Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
Colerain Township, Harrison Township, Perry Township and Salt Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Colerain Township, Saltcreek Township, Green Township, Harrison Township, Perry Township and Salt Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Adelphi and Laurelville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Colerain 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 B+.
