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A town of 2,678, laid out in 1832.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Jersey Township grades B overall, 517th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The median household earns $136K. It is healthier than 77% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $424K, 5.2 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. Jersey Township’s median age is 57.3 years, above both Ohio’s towns (41.7 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only 144 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns.
Where Jersey Township beats most towns.
Where Jersey 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 Jersey Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jersey Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
22 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
14 mi MuseumOhio Governor's MansionOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ohio Governor's Mansion: Bwsmith84 (talk), CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jersey 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 Jersey Township.
Jersey Township draws workers from Columbus and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Ohio norm.
5,880 jobs are based in Jersey Township, 5.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 34 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most working residents leave Jersey Township for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Jersey Township is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Jersey Township has added 5,128 jobs, to 5,880 in 2023.
| Jersey Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $136,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Jersey Township since 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 3,915 U.S. towns with household incomes like Jersey Township’s, it is less healthy than 68%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
20% of Jersey Township adults get no exercise outside work. Jersey Township beats the Ohio average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 12% of Jersey Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Jersey Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jersey Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Jersey Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jersey Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median property tax bill is $4,756, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Jersey Township’s median rent is $1,697 a month.
| Jersey Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,697 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 91% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Jersey Township
About 3 of every 100 Jersey Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Jersey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, Jersey had a population of 427.
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5 towns share a border with Jersey Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Township | #517 | B | C− | — | B | A− |
| Plain Township | #55 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| St. Albans Township | #635 | B− | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Monroe Township | #134 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Pataskala | #567 | B− | C | — | B | B |
| Liberty Township | #340 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
Jersey Township, Plain Township, St. Albans Township, Monroe Township, Pataskala and Liberty Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Jersey Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Jersey Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #517 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $424,000, 72% above the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
