Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,131.
Fayette Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $152K, 2.5 years of the Huntington metro’s $60K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 732nd of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 86% of the country, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 68% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On civic life, just 77 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include Macedonia Church and Old Lawrence County Jail. On the outdoors, just 155 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse.
Where Fayette Township beats most towns.
Where Fayette 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 Fayette Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 2 maps from 1903 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Fayette 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 Fayette Township.
Fayette Township sends many workers across the state line to Ashland and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
38% of adults feel lonely in Fayette Township, against 34% in Ohio’s towns and 33% across U.S. towns. 42% of Fayette Township adults have high blood pressure. Fayette Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12.
| Fayette Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fayette Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.3% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the South Point Local school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 364 | C |
| Tri-State STEM+M SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 85 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
51% of working residents cross a state line to work, Ashland among the top destinations. Jobs based here fell from 2,685 in 2013 to 1,926.
Most working residents leave Fayette Township for work: only 7% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Fayette Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Fayette Township fell to 1,926 in 2023, 759 fewer than in 2013.
| Fayette Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $302 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Fayette Township since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fayette Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Fayette Township’s July high is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 2.5 years of the Huntington metro’s $60K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
The median rent in Fayette Township is $756 a month.
| Fayette Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $756 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fayette Township. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Theme parkCamden Park
17 mi National forestWayne National Forest
7 mi MuseumHuntington Museum of Art
6 mi MuseumHeritage Farm Museum and Village5 mi MuseumMuseum of Radio and TechnologyCamden Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Wayne National Forest: Forest Service, USDA, Public domain · Huntington Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Heritage Farm Museum and Village: Zeo1989, CC BY-SA 4.0
6 within 15 miles of the center of Fayette Township
About 3 of every 100 Fayette Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
4 places in Fayette Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Fayette Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,494. Fayette Township includes Ohio's most southerly point.
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8 towns share a border with Fayette Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Township | #732 | C+ | A− | — | B | D |
| Burlington | #737 | C+ | A− | — | B− | D |
| Union Township | #784 | C | B+ | — | B | C |
| Perry Township | #891 | C− | A− | — | B | D |
| South Point | #712 | C+ | B | — | B− | C− |
| Lawrence Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
Lawrence Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fayette Township, Burlington, Union Township, Perry Township, South Point and Lawrence Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fayette Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fayette Township grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #732 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $152,000, 38% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
