Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Rose Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and civic life and an A for history; the weakest is a C− for health. St. Mary's Of Morges is on the National Register of Historic Places. Rose Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Rose Township beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Rose Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1894.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rose 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 Rose Township.
For adults in Rose Township, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 22%. Among adults here, 41% have obesity, above both Ohio’s towns (38%) and U.S. towns (35%).
| Rose Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rose Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected losses in Rose Township break down as 74% from inland flooding and 5% from lightning. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 79% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Rose Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2008.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For half of commuters, work is under 15 miles away. Rose Township’s average commute is 34 minutes. It had 282 jobs in 2023, up 73 from 2013. Among working residents in the town, 1.6% work locally.
| Rose Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest place to walk is Whitacre Greer Equestrian Park (former), 528 acres with 6.8 miles of trail. 7.9 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Rose Township’s density of trails comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Rose Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Whitacre Greer Equestrian Park (former) | 6.8 mi | 528 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rose Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
37 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
16 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
23 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
16 mi MuseumWilliam McKinley Presidential Library and MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rose Township
About 6 of every 100 Rose Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Where Rose Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Ohio, US
Rose Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,444, 1,168 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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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 A−.
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