Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,909.
German Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 481st among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $97K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 61% of the country. A typical home there costs about $220K, 3.1 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. 13% of the land in German Township is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 122 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on hazard risk. The biggest place to walk is Germantown MetroPark, 1,583 acres with 13.2 miles of trail.
Where German Township beats most towns.
13.4% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far German Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 2 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around German Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
19 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
37 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
35 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
34 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in German 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 German Township.
German Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
35 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. German Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, above both the Ohio town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Germantown MetroPark | 13.2 mi | 1,583 |
| 2. Twin Creek MetroPark | 7.2 mi | 375 |
| 3. Kercher Community Park | — | 40 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Valley View Local school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Valley View High School, with 468 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 814 | B+ |
| Valley View High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 468 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave German Township for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in German Township grew to 1,261 in 2023, 116 more than in 2013. 6.3% of residents live below the poverty line in German Township.
| German Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $97,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $383 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in German Township is 69 of 100. Since 1989, 20 flood insurance claims have been paid out in German Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
German Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,973 U.S. towns with household incomes like German Township’s, it is less healthy than 55%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
27% of German Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. German Township beats the Ohio average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 9.5% of German Township adults worry about having enough food.
| German Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 7.7% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | German Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| German Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 24% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| German Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.3% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
6 within 15 miles of the center of German Township
About 3 of every 100 German Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where German Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Ohio, US
German Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,747.
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5 towns share a border with German Township.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Carlisle (B) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Township | #481 | B | B− | — | B | B |
| Madison Township | #780 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Miami Township | #775 | C | C | C | B− | B |
| Jackson Township | #618 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Carlisle | #523 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Gratis Township | #762 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C− |
German Township, Madison Township, Jackson Township, Carlisle and Gratis Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare German Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. German Township grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #481 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
