Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,884, platted in 1813.
Flushing Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for civic life and the outdoors; its weakest is a D for health. 32% of residents live below the poverty line in Flushing Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. 41% of the land in Flushing Township is conserved, above both the Ohio town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Flushing Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Flushing Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Flushing 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 Flushing Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 325 in 1850, a low of 206 in 1870, 830 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1903 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Flushing 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 Flushing Township.
Flushing Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Flushing Township.
| Flushing Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Flushing Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.2% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.5% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 19.9% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schuler Park | 0.2 mi | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Flushing Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Flushing Township has lost 43 jobs, to 115 in 2023. The median household income in Flushing Township is $55,000.
| Flushing Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $55,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Flushing Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Flushing Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Flushing Township
About 5 of every 100 Flushing Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Flushing is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 830 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Flushing Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flushing Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Kirkwood Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moorefield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheeling Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C |
| Londonderry Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Flushing Township and Wheeling Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Flushing Township and Wheeling Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Kirkwood Township, Moorefield Township and Londonderry Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Flushing Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $95,000. That is 1.7 years of the area's median household income ($57,418 across the Wheeling, WV-OH metro 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.