Cranberry TownshipOH
A town of 1,422. 93% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Cranberry Township a good place to live?
Cranberry Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools and cost of living and an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a C− for health. On walkability, just 160 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. On civic life, just 16 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do better. Cranberry Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cranberry Township stand out
Where Cranberry Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Central Elementary School | PK–4 | 261 |
| Buckeye Central Middle School | 5–8 | 198 |
| Buckeye Central High School | 9–12 | 185 |
1,422 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Cranberry Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Cranberry Township is from typical.
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Moving to Cranberry Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cranberry 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cranberry Township.
Cranberry Township’s schools rank ahead of 90% of Ohio districts
Its public schools are run by the Buckeye Central Local school district. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 261 | A |
| Buckeye Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 185 | A− |
| Buckeye Central Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 198 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Residents of Cranberry Township are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
In the comparison, Cranberry Township comes above both the Ohio town median (28%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). Cranberry Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Cranberry Township.
| Cranberry Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cranberry Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cranberry Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Cranberry Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Cranberry Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Cranberry Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Cranberry Township for work: only 14% work in town. Jobs based in Cranberry Township grew to 491 in 2023, 34 more than in 2013. The top destinations are New Washington (9%), Columbus (9%) and Bucyrus (7%).
| Cranberry Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Cranberry Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cranberry Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Cranberry Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Cranberry Township
Township in Ohio
Cranberry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio. As of the 2020 census there were 1,477 people living in the township.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 994 ft
Questions about Cranberry Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cranberry Township, OH a good place to live?
93% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Cranberry Township, OH expensive?
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.