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Elizabeth TownshipOH

A town of 1,719.

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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Photo of Elizabeth Township

Elizabeth Township, OH · Photo: Nyttend · Public domain · Source ↗

Is Elizabeth Township a good place to live?

The best of Elizabeth Township’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and history and an A for schools. Only 60 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns score higher on incomes. No town in Ohio scores higher than Elizabeth Township on history. Elizabeth Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

What makes Elizabeth Township stand out

Where Elizabeth Township beats most towns.

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Elizabeth Township for work

Where Elizabeth Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

15% → Troy Troy 15% 10% → Piqua Piqua 10% 8% → Dayton Dayton 8% 3% → Tipp City Tipp City 3% 3% → Sidney Sidney 3% 3% → Lostcreek Township Lostcreek Township 3% Elizabeth Township · 1% stay
127jobs based in Elizabeth Township
1%of working residents work in town
14 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Elizabeth Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Elizabeth Township is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

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Elizabeth Sheets Saunders Farm
Elizabeth Sheets Saunders Farm · National Register of Historic Places
Elizabeth Township’s story

Elizabeth Township in pictures

The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and a map from 1961 on.

6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

National Museum of the United States Air Force and 24 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elizabeth Township. Close and well known come first.

All 67 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0

Getting set up

Moving to Elizabeth Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Elizabeth Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerAES Ohio16.1¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet8 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Elizabeth Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsMiami East Local School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereDirector, Miami County Board of ElectionsMiami County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2019
ZIP codes45373, 45312, 45344, 4537145373 69% · 45312 15% · 45344 13% · 45371 4%Census 2020

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 Elizabeth Township.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A+

Fewer of Elizabeth Township’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town

1.2% of Elizabeth Township residents live below the poverty line, below both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Elizabeth Township’s median household income is $125,000. Most working residents leave Elizabeth Township for work: only 1% work in town.

1%work in town
Elizabeth TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Median household income$125,000$75,000$80,000
Below the poverty line1.2%9.1%9.6%
Average trip to work18 minutes24 minutes25 minutes
Working residents who work in town1.3%6.9%8%

Where working residents work

In Elizabeth Township1%
Troy15%
Piqua10%
Dayton8%
Tipp City3%
14 mi
median commute distance
127
jobs based in Elizabeth Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A−

Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Elizabeth Township

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.

22risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
22Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesEarthquakes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Who lives here

A smaller share of residents are 65 or older in Elizabeth Township than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country

9.3% of residents are 65 or older in Elizabeth Township. 24% of Elizabeth Township residents are under 18, against 22% in Ohio’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Elizabeth Township has grown 3.4% since 2020, to 1,719 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.

38.2median age · OH 39.7
Elizabeth TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Aged 65 or older9.3%20%18%
Under 1824%22%22%
Median age38.2 years41.7 years40.5 years
Elizabeth TownshipOhioUnited States

Ages · share of residents

Education · adults 25 and older

No diploma7%
High school44%
Some college13%
Associate’s9%
Bachelor’s14%
Graduate15%

Women and men · all residents

Somewhere between 33% and 70% women

The Census survey reached too few of Elizabeth Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±18.5 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.

Ages and education in Elizabeth Township
Elizabeth TownshipOHU.S.
Under 108.4%11.7%11.6%
10 to 1716%10.3%10.3%
18 to 2411.7%8.9%9.1%
25 to 3412.5%13.2%13.7%
35 to 448.9%12.5%13.2%
45 to 5413.7%12%12.2%
55 to 6419.5%13.2%12.7%
65 to 747.4%10.9%10.2%
75 and older1.8%7.3%7%
No diploma6.7%8.2%10.4%
High school43.6%32.1%26%
Some college12.7%19.3%19.1%
Associate’s8.8%9%8.8%
Bachelor’s13.5%19.3%21.6%
Graduate14.7%12.2%14.1%

Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points

Climate

In Elizabeth Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers

Elizabeth Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.

12″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter23–38°
Spring41–62°
Summer62–83°
Fall44–65°
Oct 28
typical first frost
Apr 16
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HealthB−

On CDC estimates, Elizabeth Township is healthier than 54% of U.S. towns

Elizabeth Township beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 34% of Elizabeth Township adults have obesity.

54%healthier than U.S. townsB−Health Grade
Elizabeth TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Obesity (CDC PLACES)34%38%35%
Depression (CDC PLACES)26%26%23%
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)18%20%19%
Food insecurity (CDC PLACES)11%13%14%
32 measures vs. Ohio
5 better26 too close to call1 worse
What stands outElizabeth TownshipOH
Fewer adults facing food insecurity11.2%14.1%
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off6.6%8.3%
More adults who have had cancer9.8%8.7%
Upper Valley Medical Center
5.5 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Elizabeth Township

17pages on Elizabeth Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

2 within 15 miles of the center of Elizabeth Township

Landmarks

6 places in Elizabeth Township on the National Register of Historic Places.

All landmarks →

About Elizabeth Township

Township in Ohio, US

Elizabeth Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,686 people in the township.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
30 sq mi
Elevation
827 ft

Elizabeth Township’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Elizabeth Township.

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How the neighbors grade
TownOH rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Elizabeth Township——B−—AB−
Lostcreek Township——B+—AB−
Staunton Township#349B+C+—AB
Pike Township#746C+C+—B+C−
Bethel Township#222A−C+—A−B

Elizabeth Township and Lostcreek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Elizabeth Township, Lostcreek Township, Staunton Township, Pike Township and Bethel Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Elizabeth Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Elizabeth Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Elizabeth Township, OH expensive?

Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.