Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 12,578.
Moorefield Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 710th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $86K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 63% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $206K, 3.3 years of the Springfield metro’s $63K median household income. 20% of the land in Moorefield Township is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 119 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Moorefield Township beats most towns.
Where Moorefield 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 Moorefield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1830 and a map from 1986 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Moorefield 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 Moorefield Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Northridge Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Northeastern Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Kenton Ridge Middle/High School, with 1,025 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenton Ridge ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 984 | B |
| Kenton Ridge Middle/High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 1,025 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Moorefield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Moorefield Township for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (30%), Columbus (6%) and Urbana (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Moorefield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
41% of adults have high blood pressure in Moorefield Township, against 38% in Ohio’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 15% of adults binge drink in Moorefield Township. Moorefield Township beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Moorefield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Moorefield Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moorefield Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (18% statewide). 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio. 24% of Moorefield Township residents are under 18.
| Moorefield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 72% are men (OH 51%).
| Moorefield Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.3% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moorefield Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
24 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
27 mi MountainCampbell Hill
6 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
39 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
40 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew StadiumOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Moorefield Township
About 5 of every 100 Moorefield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
2 places in Moorefield Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Moorefield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 12,622.
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8 towns share a border with Moorefield Township.
Springfield next door grades lower for schools (C to Moorefield Township’s B) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C+).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorefield Township | #710 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C |
| Springfield | #973 | D | B+ | D− | C | D− |
| German Township | #770 | C | C+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Springfield Township | #660 | C+ | B | — | B | D |
| Pleasant Township | #774 | C | C | — | B | C |
| Urbana Township | #607 | B− | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Northridge | #662 | C+ | B− | — | B | C |
| Union Township | — | — | D | — | B− | C |
Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Moorefield Township, German Township, Springfield Township, Pleasant Township, Urbana Township, Northridge and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Moorefield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Moorefield Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #710 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
