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A town of 7,905.
Pultney Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $111K for a typical one, or 1.9 years of the Wheeling metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 837th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $47K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. On hazard risk, just 48 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Rock Hill Presbyterian Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
Where Pultney Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Pultney 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 Pultney 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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 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 Pultney 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 Pultney Township.
Pultney Township sends many workers across the state line to Moundsville, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding) and has little public open land.
19% of Pultney Township adults report frequent physical distress, against 15% in Ohio’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 26% of Pultney Township adults say their health is fair or poor. Pultney Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20.
| Pultney Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Pultney Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 21.8% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.7% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Bellaire Local school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Bellaire High School, with 310 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 489 | C |
| Bellaire High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 310 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $501 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Pultney Township’s FEMA risk score is 79 of 100, above both the Ohio town median (23 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 1978, 99 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pultney Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
35% of working residents cross a state line to work, Moundsville among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave Pultney Township for work: only 12% work in town. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Pultney Township. Jobs based in Pultney Township grew to 2,111 in 2023, 486 more than in 2013.
| Pultney Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pultney Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 14 of its 16,585 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pultney Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Pultney 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. Union Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pultney Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
7 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
5 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
9 mi GardenOglebay Park
5 mi MuseumWest Virginia Independence Hall
25 mi MuseumFort SteubenMeadowcroft 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 · Fort Steuben: Judy Bratten, Public domain
5 within 15 miles of the center of Pultney Township
About 2 of every 100 Pultney Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Pultney Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 8,163 people in the township.
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8 towns share a border with Pultney Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pultney Township | #837 | C | A | — | B+ | D− |
| Bellaire | #851 | C | A− | B− | B+ | D− |
| Pease Township | #888 | C− | A− | — | B− | D |
| Mead Township | #566 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Neffs | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Richland Township | #509 | B | C+ | — | A− | C |
Pultney Township, Pease Township, Mead Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Neffs isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pultney Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pultney Township grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #837 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.
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