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For most people who can afford it, yes. Columbia Township grades B overall, 526th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The median household earns $94K and its public schools beat 82% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $355K, 5 years of the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income. 12% of the land in Columbia Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Columbia Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Columbia Baptist Church and Columbia Town Hall. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns.
Where Columbia Township beats most towns.
Where Columbia 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 Columbia Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 15 old photos and papers going back to 1973 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Columbia Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
14 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
20 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a yearRock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Rocket Arena: Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cleveland Museum of Art: zenbikescience, CC BY 2.0
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 pairs an A− for schools with high home prices and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
16 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Columbia Reservation, at 287 acres with 2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. At 0.6 miles per square mile, Columbia Township’s trail density is where Ohio’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Columbia Reservation | 2 mi | 287 |
| 2. Dorlon Reservation | 1.5 mi | 236 |
| 3. Columbia Park | 0.7 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $355K.
Its public schools are run by the Columbia Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copopa Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 424 | A− |
| Columbia High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 273 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Columbia Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 1,357 in 2013 to 1,799.
Most working residents leave Columbia Township for work: only 7% work in town. 19% of Columbia Township workers work from home. Jobs based in Columbia Township grew to 1,799 in 2023, 442 more than in 2013.
| Columbia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Columbia Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide). Columbia Township has grown 26% since 2020, to 9,326 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Columbia Township’s median age is 46.9 years.
| Columbia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 24% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Columbia Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.2% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.2% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Columbia Township beats the Ohio average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults feel lonely in Columbia Township.
| Columbia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Columbia Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Columbia Township
About 3 of every 100 Columbia Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Columbia Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Columbia Township, also known as Columbia Station or just Columbia, is the easternmost of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. Columbia Township is the official government name, while Columbia Station is the post office name, and tends to be the town name used by residents. The post office name was chosen to differentiate the township from other Columbia Townships statewide, located in Hamilton and Meigs counties. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 7,411.
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3 towns share a border with Columbia Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Township | #526 | B | D | — | A− | B |
| Eaton Township | #652 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Liverpool Township | #430 | B | D | — | A | B+ |
| Strongsville | #86 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
Columbia Township, Eaton Township and Liverpool Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Columbia Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Columbia Township grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #526 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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