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Pike Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $145K, 1.8 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. It grades B− overall, 585th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 93% of the country, and the median household income is $59K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Pike Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Pike Township has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Artheusa Springs Park, at 25 acres.
Where Pike Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Pike Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 7%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1911 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pike 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 Pike Township.
22% of adults smoke cigarettes in Pike Township. Pike Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 35% of adults get no exercise outside work in Pike Township.
| Pike Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 28% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pike Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.5% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 8% |
| More smokers | 21.9% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the New Lexington School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is New Lexington High School, with 493 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Lexington Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 465 | B− |
| New Lexington High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 493 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Pike Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pike Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pike Township has about as many jobs (2,683) as working residents, but only 640 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 30.5 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
About one in 4 of Pike Township’s working residents works in town. Pike Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. The top destinations are New Lexington (19%), Columbus (10%) and Lancaster (10%).
| Pike Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 25% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Pike Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Pike Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Artheusa Springs Park | — | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Pike Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Pike Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Pike Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,688 people in the township.
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5 towns share a border with Pike Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | #585 | B− | A+ | — | B | D |
| Clayton Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Jackson Township | #650 | B− | A− | — | B | C− |
| Bearfield Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | D |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salt Lick Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
Clayton Township, Bearfield Township and Salt Lick Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pike Township, Clayton Township, Jackson Township, Bearfield Township and Salt Lick Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pleasant Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pike Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pike Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #585 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B for schools. Health 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+.
