Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,965.
Polk Township’s best subject grade is an A− for history; its weakest is a C− for health. Only 18 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Hosford House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 60 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Polk Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Polk Township beats most towns.
Where Polk 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 Polk Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2006.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Polk 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 Polk Township.
In Polk Township, 18% of adults smoke cigarettes, against 16% in Ohio’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. Polk Township: two in five adults have high blood pressure.
| Polk Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Polk Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.8% | 7.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.5% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Polk Township after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2008. On expected storm and flood damage, Polk Township sits below 84% of U.S. communities. This Ohio town has had 20 paid flood insurance claims since 1981. Expected losses in Polk Township break down as 48% from inland flooding and 14% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of residents in Polk Township who live below the poverty line: 4.5%. For most workers, Polk Township is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Polk Township has lost 82 jobs, to 189 in 2023. Half commute less than 16 miles.
| Polk Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Polk Township’s midsummer high stands at 83°F, close to Ohio’s towns (84°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Polk Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
19 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
24 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
15 mi GardenKingwood Center
16 mi MuseumMansfield Memorial Museum
18 mi MuseumBibleWalkOhio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mansfield Memorial Museum: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · BibleWalk: JBTHEMILKER, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Polk Township
About 2 of every 100 Polk Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Polk Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,974.
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6 towns share a border with Polk Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Galion | #653 | B− | B+ | B | B− | D |
| Washington Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Whetstone Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Sandusky Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Polk Township, Washington Township, Whetstone Township and Jefferson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Polk Township, Washington Township, Whetstone Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township and Sandusky Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Polk Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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+.
