Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,118.
Madison Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $119K, 2 years of the Mansfield metro’s $60K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 900th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Only 64 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Madison Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 168 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Where Madison Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Madison 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 Madison Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 5%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Madison 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 Madison Township.
Madison Township has commutes shorter than most of Ohio, but it has little public open land.
23% of adults smoke cigarettes in Madison Township. Madison Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 44% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Madison Township.
| Madison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Madison Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 15% | 8.3% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 13% | 7.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 23.5% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Madison Local school district. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Madison High School, with 855 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 761 | B− |
| Madison High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 855 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Madison Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 4,493 working residents takes 17.4 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most working residents leave Madison Township for work: only 5% work in town. 14% of Madison Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Madison Township grew to 2,120 in 2023, 240 more than in 2013.
| Madison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Madison Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Madison Township’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 0 of its 9,672 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Madison Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spartan Fields | — | 14 |
| 2. Deer Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Madison Township. Close and well known come first.
2 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
11 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
37 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
4 mi GardenKingwood Center
in town MuseumBibleWalk
37 mi MuseumAllen Memorial Art MuseumOhio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · BibleWalk: JBTHEMILKER, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Allen Memorial Art Museum: Daderot, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Madison Township
About 3 of every 100 Madison Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Madison Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 11,106 people in the township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with Madison Township.
Springfield Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Madison Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C to B+).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | #900 | C− | B+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Mansfield | #949 | D | B+ | C− | C+ | D− |
| Mifflin Township | #806 | C | B− | — | B | D |
| Roseland | — | — | A− | — | C | D− |
| Washington Township | #469 | B | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Lincoln Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | #663 | C+ | C | — | A | D |
Roseland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Madison Township, Mifflin Township, Roseland, Washington Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lincoln Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Madison Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Madison Township grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #900 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health and C+ 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+.
