Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,574, settled in 1854.
Cross Creek Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $141K, 2.4 years of the Weirton metro’s $59K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 741st of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 13% of the land in Cross Creek Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Fernwood State Forest, at 2,612 acres. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Cross Creek Township beats most towns.
Where Cross Creek 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 Cross Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 7 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cross Creek 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 Cross Creek Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cross Creek Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Indian Creek Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Indian Creek High School, with 517 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Creek ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 496 | C |
| Indian Creek High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 517 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
42% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Cross Creek Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 36%. 43% of Cross Creek Township adults have high blood pressure. Cross Creek Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| Cross Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cross Creek Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.9% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
27% of working residents cross a state line to work, Weirton among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave Cross Creek Township for work: only 9% work in town. 14% of workers work from home in Cross Creek Township. The top destinations are Steubenville (24%), Wintersville (10%) and Weirton (7%).
| Cross Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 14% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.4% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 28% of residents (18% statewide). Cross Creek Township’s median age is 50 years. Cross Creek Township has lost 3.4% of its people since 2020, down to 7,574 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Cross Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.6 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 83% are men (OH 51%).
| Cross Creek Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.1% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.5% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 19.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.2% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Cross Creek Township has chilly winters and pleasant 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
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fernwood State Forest | — | 2,612 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cross Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
37 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
11 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
38 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
38 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
37 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Cross Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Cross Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Cross Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census recorded 7,870 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Cross Creek Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Creek Township | #741 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Steubenville | #748 | C+ | B+ | C− | A− | D |
| Island Creek Township | #734 | C+ | B+ | — | B | D |
| Wintersville | #499 | B | B | B | B− | C+ |
| Wayne Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Wells Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | D− |
| Steubenville Township | #968 | D | B | — | B− | D |
| New Alexandria | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wayne Township and Wells Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cross Creek Township, Island Creek Township, Wayne Township, Wells Township and Steubenville Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Alexandria isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cross Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cross Creek Township grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #741 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Health 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 B+.
