Park LayneOH
A town of 4,301.
Is Park Layne a good place to live?
Park Layne gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $181K, 2.9 years of the Springfield metro’s $63K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 705th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 96% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Only 34 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. 7.7% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Park Layne, below both the Ohio town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). The biggest park or preserve is Raynor Park, at 23 acres.
What makes Park Layne stand out
Where Park Layne beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Park Layne for work
Where Park Layne’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Park Layne grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Park Layne is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 90% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 4%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Park Layne. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year8 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
37 mi MountainCampbell Hill
12 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
6 mi MuseumHuffman PrairiePhoto credits
National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain
Moving to Park Layne: who provides what
Park Layne is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Park Layne.
A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in Park Layne than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country
23% of adults smoke cigarettes in Park Layne. Park Layne beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 38% of adults get no exercise outside work in Park Layne.
| Park Layne | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Park Layne | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23% | 15.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 21% | 14.1% |
| More smokers | 22.7% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Park Layne faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities. Since 2014, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Park Layne.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Park Layne’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Park Layne for work: only 2% work in town. Park Layne’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. The top destinations are Dayton (10%), Springfield (8%) and Huber Heights (7%).
| Park Layne | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Park Layne earns a B+ for cost of living
Typical home values rose 5% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Park Layne is $898 a month.
| Park Layne | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $898 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Park Layne has four seasons and pleasant summers
Park Layne has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Park Layne | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raynor Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Park Layne
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Park Layne
About 1 of every 100 Park Layne residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Park Layne
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Park Layne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population of the CDP was 4,248 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Park Layne became a CDP in the 1980 United States census. On May 24, 2017, an EF1 tornado touched down and caused damage to several businesses in the community.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 843 ft
Park Layne’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Park Layne.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Layne | #705 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Crystal Lakes | — | — | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Bethel Township | #804 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Bethel Township | #222 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B |
Crystal Lakes has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Park Layne, Crystal Lakes, Bethel Township and Bethel Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Park Layne with a neighbor →
Questions about Park Layne
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Park Layne, OH a good place to live?
Park Layne grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #705 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Park Layne, OH expensive?
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+.