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With 6,083 residents, it is a town in Ohio.
Huntington Township’s lowest grade is for health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 90% of the country. It also trails on walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is cost of living (A−): a typical home costs about $144K, 2.4 years of the Chillicothe area’s $61K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, ranking 938th of 987 in Ohio. That leaves it better than 13% of U.S. towns. Only 97 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. 18% of residents live below the poverty line in the town, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Huntington 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 Huntington Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 4 maps from 1915 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 most of its workers to Chillicothe and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Among adults in Huntington Township, 41% have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults here: 20% smoke cigarettes, 15% have diabetes.
| Huntington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Huntington Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.3% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.4% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The public schools here belong to the Huntington Local school district. The largest public high school is Huntington High School, with 300 students. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 404 | C |
| Huntington High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 300 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Huntington Township has 339 jobs for its 2,218 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Commuting out is the norm in Huntington Township: 4% of working residents work locally. Jobs in Huntington Township grew by 71 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 339. The town’s typical journey to work is 29 minutes. The top destinations are Chillicothe (22%), Green Township (10%) and Columbus (8%).
| Huntington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest park or preserve is Buzzard's Roost, at 405 acres. Trails total 12 miles in 1 park or preserve. Huntington Township’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Huntington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Buzzard's Roost | 0.2 mi | 405 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 12 inches a winter. Summers in Huntington Township are warm, and winters chilly.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $282 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
75% of Huntington Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by lightning at 6%. Its FEMA risk score comes in at 55 of 100. Since 1990, Huntington Township has seen 12 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Huntington Township
About 6 of every 100 Huntington Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,069 people in the township.
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6 towns share a border with Huntington Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Township | #938 | D | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Twin Township | #966 | D | B− | — | C+ | D |
| Scioto Township | #899 | C− | B− | — | C+ | D |
| Franklin Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | D |
| Pebble Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | D− |
| Massieville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pee Pee Township | #979 | D | C+ | — | C+ | D− |
Franklin Township and Pebble Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Huntington Township, Twin Township, Scioto Township, Franklin Township, Pebble Township and Pee Pee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Massieville 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 13% of U.S. towns and #938 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Walkability 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−.