Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Porter Township’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes, schools, and civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 12% of residents are under 18 in Porter Township, below both the Ohio town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 108 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on walkability. Chambers Road Covered Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Porter Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Porter Township beats most towns.
1,923 counted in 2010 and 2,194 in 2020; an estimated 2,380 in 2025.
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 Porter Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2015.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Porter 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 Porter Township.
Most working residents leave Porter Township for work: only 1% work in town. Porter Township’s median household income is $124,000, against $75,000 in Ohio’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Porter Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes.
| Porter Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Porter Township beats the Ohio average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 33% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Porter Township.
| Porter Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Porter Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median age in Porter Township is 50.9 years. Porter Township has grown 11% since 2020, to 2,380 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of Porter Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Porter Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 24% | 29% |
Somewhere between 35% and 64% women
The Census survey reached too few of Porter Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.5 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Porter Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.6% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Porter Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Porter Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
36 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
24 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
27 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
20 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
25 mi Stadium & arenaValue City ArenaOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ohio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Porter Township
About 3 of every 100 Porter Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Porter Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Ohio, US
Porter Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,194.
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4 towns share a border with Porter Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Trenton Township | #269 | A− | C | — | A− | A |
| Kingston Township | #482 | B | D | — | A− | A |
| Bennington Township | #408 | B+ | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Hilliar Township | #174 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
Porter Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Porter Township, Trenton Township, Kingston Township, Bennington Township and Hilliar Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Porter Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
