Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
64% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A): a typical home costs about $161K, 2.3 years of the county’s $70K median household income. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking 321st of 987 in Ohio. It comes out better than 72% of U.S. towns. Crawford Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 91% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Wyandot Wildlife Area, at 398 acres.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Where Crawford Township beats most towns.
Crawford, Col., Burn Site MonumentEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Crawford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crawford 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 Crawford Township.
Crawford Township has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 19°, with about 24 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The public schools here belong to the Carey Exempted Village Schools. The largest public high school is Carey High School, with 483 students. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 372 | B+ |
| Carey High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 483 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 1,493 in 2013 to 2,804.
The top destinations are Carey (22%), Findlay (17%) and Upper Sandusky (10%). About one in five of Crawford Township’s working residents works in town. Jobs in Crawford Township grew by 1,311 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,804. Its mean commuting time stands at 19 minutes.
| Crawford Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Crawford Township, 17% of adults binge drink, close to Ohio’s towns (17%) and above U.S. towns (16%). 25% of adults have been diagnosed with depression here.
| Crawford Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Crawford Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $408 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1981, 94 flood insurance claims have been paid out here. In Crawford Township, the FEMA risk score is 54 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 56% come from inland flooding and 12% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Across 4 parks and preserves: 0.8 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Crawford Township: 4, covering 463 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Park | 0.4 mi | 26 |
| 2. Wyandot Wildlife Area | — | 398 |
| 3. Shrine Park | — | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crawford Township
About 3 of every 100 Crawford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States
Crawford is an unincorporated community in Wyandot County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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4 towns share a border with Crawford Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Township | #321 | B+ | A | — | B− | C+ |
| Salem Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tymochtee Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | C+ |
| Big Spring Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
| Ridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tymochtee Township and Big Spring Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Crawford Township, Tymochtee Township and Big Spring Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Salem Township and Ridge Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Crawford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Crawford Township grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #321 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.