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A town of 4,233, settled in 1791.
Columbia Township's standout: 15% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades C, 825th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. Residents are healthier than 78% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $262K for a typical one and 3.2 times the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Columbia Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Little Miami Scenic Corridor, at 115 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Columbia Township beats most towns.
15.3% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Columbia Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1791, comes before those of 97% of the Ohio towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 2,814 in 1820, a peak of 36,338 in 1930, 4,446 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 7 maps from 1898 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Columbia Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw38 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
9 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
8 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Columbia 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 Columbia Township.
Columbia Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, trades workers with Cincinnati and other neighbors and is one of Ohio’s best towns for the outdoors.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #13 of 993 in Ohio.
1.5 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Columbia Township’s trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Little Miami Scenic Corridor | 1.3 mi | 115 |
| 2. Kroger Hills | — | 104 |
| 3. Ruthven Nature Preserve | — | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 201 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Against the 10,335 U.S. towns with household incomes like Columbia Township’s, it is healthier than 94%, so its A− isn’t only a matter of income.
11% of Columbia Township adults report frequent physical distress. Columbia Township beats the Ohio average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 21% of Columbia Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Columbia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Columbia Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.8% | 8% |
| Fewer smokers | 11.4% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Columbia Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Columbia Township has about as many jobs (2,154) as working residents, but only 25 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 13,144 in 2013 to 2,154.
Most working residents leave Columbia Township for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Columbia Township is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Columbia Township fell to 2,154 in 2023, 10,990 fewer than in 2013.
| Columbia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
16 within 15 miles of the center of Columbia Township
About 7 of every 100 Columbia Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S. At its founding in 1791, it was among Ohio's largest townships by area, but gradually shrank to one of the smallest by early 1950s due to annexations by the City of Cincinnati, Norwood, Silverton, Fairfax, Indian Hill, Mariemont and others. The 2020 census found 4,446 residents living in the township.
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10 towns share a border with Columbia Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Township | #825 | C | C− | — | C | A− |
| Cincinnati | #957 | D | C+ | D− | C | C |
| The Village of Indian Hill | #146 | A | D | — | A+ | A |
| Anderson Township | #94 | A | C− | — | A | A− |
| Mariemont | #111 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Madeira | #33 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A+ |
| Madison Place | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Silverton | #398 | B+ | B+ | — | C | C+ |
Columbia Township, The Village of Indian Hill, Anderson Township, Mariemont and Silverton report no FBI crime data of their own. Madison Place isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Columbia Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Columbia Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #825 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
