#1Yellow Springs
Greene County · 3,730 peopleCivic life grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall B+ · #389 of 987 in OH
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Yellow Springs, #1 on this list · Photo: Jamie Holly · CC BY-SA 2.0Yellow Springs ranks first on civic life among Ohio’s 914 towns of 2,500+; 275 of the 914 grade A− or better on civic life nationally.
The Civic life grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): library visits per resident (IMLS), community nonprofits (IRS) and volunteering groups. How grades work
#1Civic life grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall B+ · #389 of 987 in OH
#2Civic life grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall A− · #164 of 987 in OH
#3Civic life grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall B+ · #390 of 987 in OH
Civic life grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank (T = tied; 14 towns here); the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
914 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
Towns of 2,500+ that don’t have the figures this grade needs. Each town’s page says which ones are missing.
Yellow Springs (Greene County) ranks first on civic life among 914 towns, with an A+; Miami Township and Oberlin follow.
The Civic life grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): library visits per resident (IMLS), community nonprofits (IRS) and volunteering groups. Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a civic life grade (914 in Ohio). 79 towns of 2,500+ lack the figures and are listed above. Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Ohio page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.