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Osnaburg Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $165K, 2.4 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income. It grades A− overall, 226th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $72K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Clearview Golf Club is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Osnaburg Township beats most towns.
Clearview Golf ClubWhere Osnaburg 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 Osnaburg Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 813 in 1820, 5,421 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 5 maps from 1958 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Osnaburg 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 Osnaburg Township.
In Osnaburg Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 19 of 100. Nearly two thirds of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 8%. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 2003: 3.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Osnaburg Local school district runs its public schools. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The 3 public schools in Osnaburg Township teach 898 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Canton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 450 | B+ |
| East Canton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 254 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Osnaburg Township has 651 jobs for its 2,602 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The median commute is under 11 miles. In Osnaburg Township, 6% of residents live below the poverty line, below both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Osnaburg Township: 3.1% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Canton (20%), Jackson Township (10%) and Canton Township (4%).
| Osnaburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults in Osnaburg Township who smoke cigarettes: 17%. Of 32 CDC measures, Osnaburg Township beats the Ohio average on 2 and trails it on 2. In Osnaburg Township, 14% of adults have diabetes, near the Ohio town median (13%) and above the median of U.S. towns (12%).
| Osnaburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Osnaburg Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For Osnaburg Township, the July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.6 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sukosd Park, at 51 acres. Parks and preserves in Osnaburg Township: 3, covering 74 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. East Canton Village Park | 0.5 mi | 15 |
| 2. Sukosd Park | — | 51 |
| 3. Stark Parks District Trail | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Osnaburg Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
26 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
8 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
7 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
33 mi TheatreBlossom Music Center
7 mi MuseumWilliam McKinley Presidential Library and MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blossom Music Center: Slh1078, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
6 within 15 miles of the center of Osnaburg Township
About 5 of every 100 Osnaburg Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
3 notable people were born in Osnaburg Township.
Township in Ohio, US
Osnaburg Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,421 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Osnaburg Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osnaburg Township | #226 | A− | A | — | B | C |
| Canton | #944 | D | A− | D− | C | D− |
| Canton Township | #629 | B− | B+ | — | B | D− |
| East Canton | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Nimishillen Township | #212 | A− | B | — | A− | C+ |
| Sandy Township | #471 | B | A− | — | B+ | D |
| Paris Township | #431 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Brown Township | #827 | C | B | — | B | D |
East Canton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Osnaburg Township, Canton Township, East Canton, Nimishillen Township, Sandy Township, Paris Township and Brown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Osnaburg Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Osnaburg Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #226 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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 A.
3 notable people were born here, including Luther Kountze and Augustus Kountze.
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