Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With a C+ overall, Island Creek Township sits 734th of 987 in Ohio. On that grade it does better than 39% of U.S. towns. The weak point is health: residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its best grade is for cost of living (B+) — a typical home costs about $142K, 2.4 years of the Weirton metro’s $59K median household income. Its National Register listings include Federal Land Office and Steubenville Pottery Company Buildings. The biggest park or preserve is Camp Knee-Bow, at 105 acres. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older in the town, above both Ohio’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). The town has 3 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Island Creek Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Island Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 7 maps from 1904 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Island Creek 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 Island Creek Township.
Island Creek Township sends many workers across the state line to Weirton, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding) and has little public open land.
Among adults in Island Creek Township, 43% have obesity and 28% have been diagnosed with depression. 15% of adults have diabetes in the town.
| Island Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Island Creek Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 7.1% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 9.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Toronto City school district. Two of the 5 schools are below, and why each made the list. The largest public high school is Toronto Jr. / Sr. High School, with 383 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 374 | B |
| Toronto Jr. / Sr. High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 383 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
26% of working residents cross a state line to work, Weirton among the top destinations. Island Creek Township has about as many jobs (3,548) as working residents, but only 489 people both live and work here.
The top destinations are Steubenville (20%), Toronto (10%) and Weirton (10%). Just just over a tenth of Island Creek Township’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Island Creek Township added 524 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,548. Half the trips to work are shorter than 8 miles.
| Island Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $230 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
84% of Island Creek Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. In Island Creek Township, the FEMA hazard score is 57 of 100. Flood insurance has paid out on 9 claims locally since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 6 of its 26,982 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Island Creek Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.5 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Island Creek Township: 4, covering 162 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Indian Rock Park | 0.9 mi | 50 |
| 2. Camp Knee-Bow | — | 105 |
| 3. Memorial Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Island Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
37 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
37 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
14 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
38 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
37 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Island Creek Township
About 4 of every 100 Island Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 places in Island Creek Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Island Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 10,173 people in the township.
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9 towns share a border with Island Creek Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Creek Township | #734 | C+ | B+ | — | B | D |
| Steubenville | #748 | C+ | B+ | C− | A− | D |
| Cross Creek Township | #741 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Pottery Addition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Knox Township | #785 | C | A | — | B | D |
| Salem Township | #571 | B− | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Toronto | #463 | B | A | A− | B | D |
| Wintersville | #499 | B | B | B | B− | C+ |
Island Creek Township, Cross Creek Township, Knox Township and Salem Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pottery Addition isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Island Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Island Creek Township grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #734 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B for schools. Health 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 B+.
