Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 52,991.
Miami Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 775th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $224K, 3.1 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. Miami Township’s level of property crime is 21.7 per 1,000 residents, above both the Ohio town median (9.4) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Miami Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pease Homestead and Schuter Carpenter Shop and House.
Where Miami Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Miami Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2015 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Miami Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
14 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
39 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
39 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
37 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
36 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Miami 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 Miami Township.
For Miami Township, the trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile. Trails total 20 miles in 21 parks and preserves. Cox Arboretum MetroPark, at 187 acres with 6.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Miami Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cox Arboretum MetroPark | 6.6 mi | 187 |
| 2. Crains Run Nature Park | 3.6 mi | 142 |
| 3. Sycamore Trails Park | 1.3 mi | 41 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Below: Three of its 15 schools, each with why it was picked. Public schools: the Miamisburg City school district. The 6 public schools in Miami Township teach 1,948 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miamisburg Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,105 | B− |
| Miamisburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,437 | B− |
| Medlar View Primary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 352 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Compared with nearly four fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Miami Township is lower. Expected losses in Miami Township break down as 67% from inland flooding and 10% from cold waves. Flood insurance has paid out on 8 claims here since 1998.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The violent crime rate in Miami Township is 2 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A winter brings about 10 inches of snow, with January nights at 22° and July afternoons at 86°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
26% of Miami Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Among adults here, 13% report frequent physical distress and 34% have obesity.
| Miami Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Miami Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
15% of working residents work locally in Miami Township. Jobs in Miami Township grew by 1,780 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 28,623. The top destinations are Dayton (13%), Miamisburg (8%) and Kettering (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles.
| Miami Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ohio has nearly a third of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 33%. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. The share of residents in Miami Township who are under 18: 25%.
| Miami Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.4 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.1, men 36.4.
| Miami Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
8 within 15 miles of the center of Miami Township
About 4 of every 100 Miami Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Miami Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Miami Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 52,156 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
10 towns share a border with Miami Township.
Washington Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Miami Township’s B−) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Township | #775 | C | C | C | B− | B |
| Moraine | #954 | D | B− | D− | B | D |
| West Carrollton | #878 | C− | B− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Kettering | #234 | A− | C+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Miamisburg | #726 | C+ | C+ | B− | B− | B− |
| German Township | #481 | B | B− | — | B | B |
| Washington Township | #184 | A− | D | — | A− | A− |
| Springboro | #30 | A+ | C+ | A− | A | A |
German Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Miami Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Miami Township grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #775 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health, C for safety and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
