Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 12,375.
Pease Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $101K for a typical one, or 1.8 years of the Wheeling metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, 888th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and the median household income is $51K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 93% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Pease Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On health, just 162 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Blaine Hill "S" Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Pease Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
14,309 counted in 2010 and 12,849 in 2020; an estimated 12,375 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 3.4% since 2020, after 10.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Pease Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (1 place on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C− comes from the livability subjects above.
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The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Pease 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 Pease Township.
Pease Township sends many workers across the state line, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Pease Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 18% of Pease Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Pease Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Pease Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.3% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 20% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Martins Ferry City school district. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Marie Ayers Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 492 | B |
| Martins Ferry High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 343 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 100% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $707 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 148 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pease Township. Among 993 Ohio towns, just 3 have a higher FEMA risk score than Pease Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
40% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave Pease Township for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (21%), Martins Ferry (10%) and Richland Township (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
| Pease Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $51,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pease Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Pease Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fodor Memorial Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Gould Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pease Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
13 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
4 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
6 mi GardenOglebay Park
4 mi MuseumWest Virginia Independence Hall
37 mi AttractionChester teapotMeadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grave Creek Mound: Shonebrooks, CC0 · WesBanco Arena: Jgera5 at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Oglebay Park: Morganismysheltie (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · West Virginia Independence Hall: Nyttend, Public domain · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0
6 within 15 miles of the center of Pease Township
About 3 of every 100 Pease Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Pease Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Ohio, US
Pease Township is one of sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 12,849 people living in the township.
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10 towns share a border with Pease Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Township | #888 | C− | A− | — | B− | D |
| Martins Ferry | #922 | C− | B+ | B− | C+ | D− |
| Yorkville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Colerain Township | #874 | C− | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Pultney Township | #837 | C | A | — | B+ | D− |
| Bridgeport | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Warren Township | #836 | C | A | — | B− | D− |
| Neffs | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bridgeport has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pease Township, Colerain Township, Pultney Township, Bridgeport and Warren Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Yorkville and Neffs aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pease Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pease Township grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #888 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk 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 A−.
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