Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,526.
Huntington Township grades D overall, ranked 959th of 987 in Ohio, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $48K, and 33% of residents live below the poverty line. Residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. One bright spot: homes are within reach, about $163K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. 33% of residents live below the poverty line in Huntington Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 37 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
2,763 counted in 2010 and 2,478 in 2020; an estimated 2,526 in 2025.
The decline has turned around: up 2.2% since 2020, after a 10.3% drop in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Huntington Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 88% of comparable towns) to D− for jobs and income (better than 1%), so the D overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 3 maps from 1929 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Huntington 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 Huntington Township.
Huntington Township sends many workers across the state line, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding) and has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
38% of adults get no exercise outside work in Huntington Township. Huntington Township beats the Ohio average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 22% of adults smoke cigarettes in Huntington Township.
| Huntington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Huntington Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.8% | 16.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.1% | 79.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.7% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $1,099 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Huntington Township is 82 of 100. Since 1997, 21 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Huntington Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
44% of working residents cross a state line to work. Huntington Township has 118 jobs for its 894 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Huntington Township for work: only 2% work in town. Huntington Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes. Jobs based in Huntington Township fell to 118 in 2023, 546 fewer than in 2013.
| Huntington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aberdeen Community Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Huntington Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of Huntington Township
About 0 of every 100 Huntington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Huntington Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Ohio, US
Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,478 people in the township.
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5 towns share a border with Huntington Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Township | #959 | D | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Union Township | #875 | C− | A+ | — | C+ | D |
| Byrd Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aberdeen | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Sprigg Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | D− |
Aberdeen and Sprigg Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Huntington Township, Union Township, Aberdeen and Sprigg Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Byrd Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Huntington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Huntington Township grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #959 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
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.