Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Grand Prairie Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and history and an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 12 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Bretz Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 152 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Grand Prairie Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Grand Prairie Township beats most towns.
Where Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 4 maps from 1903 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie Township.
Just over a fifth of Grand Prairie Township adults say their health is fair or poor. In Grand Prairie Township, nearly a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Ohio town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). Two figures for adults locally: 43% have obesity, 33% get no exercise outside work.
| Grand Prairie Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Grand Prairie Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.6% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools: the Ridgedale Local school district. The largest public high school is Ridgedale Jr/Sr High School, with 315 students. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgedale Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 306 | B− |
| Ridgedale Jr/Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 315 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Grand Prairie Township once, in 2004. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Grand Prairie Township, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Adults 18 to 34 are 7% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). The age of the median resident for Grand Prairie Township comes to 45.1 years. Among adults 25 and older, 22% have a four-year degree or more, against 32% across Ohio.
| Grand Prairie Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
43% women, 57% men
About 135 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±6.6 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Grand Prairie Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.3% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Half of commuters travel less than 15 miles. For Grand Prairie Township, the middle household income is $95,000. The top destinations are Marion (19%), Marion Township (18%) and Columbus (9%). 2.3% of working residents work locally locally.
| Grand Prairie Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 24 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Grand Prairie Township
About 4 of every 100 Grand Prairie Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Grand Prairie Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,586 people in the township.
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5 towns share a border with Grand Prairie Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Dallas Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | #920 | C− | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Salt Rock Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Antrim Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Scott Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Grand Prairie Township and Antrim Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Grand Prairie Township, Marion Township and Antrim Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dallas Township, Salt Rock Township and Scott Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grand Prairie Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A.
