Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,801.
Rush Township grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $56K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. Rush Township’s average trip to work is 43 minutes, above both the Ohio town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 134 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on walkability. Tremper Mound Preserve, at 705 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Rush 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 Rush Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1915 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Rush 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 Rush Township.
Rush Township carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding), but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
45% of Rush Township adults have obesity. Against the Ohio average, Rush Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 22.
| Rush Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 28% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rush Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.6% | 16.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.7% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Northwest High School, with 313 students. The Northwest Local school district runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 566 | B− |
| Northwest High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 313 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here fell from 507 in 2013 to 350. The average commute for its 1,165 working residents takes 43.1 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Rush Township dropped by 157, to 350. Commuting out is the norm here: 4% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Portsmouth (25%), Scioto Township (5%) and Waverly (3%).
| Rush Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $56,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Walkers can cover 5.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. In Rush Township, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Rush Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 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. Tremper Mound Preserve | 1.8 mi | 705 |
| 2. Simon Farm | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A winter brings about 12 inches of snow, with January nights at 24° and July afternoons at 87°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 72% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to heat waves. Rush Township’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 64 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rush Township
About 2 of every 100 Rush Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Rush Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 2,939 people in the township.
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6 towns share a border with Rush Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D−; Clay Township (D) is closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Township | #987 | D− | C+ | — | B− | D− |
| Valley Township | #898 | C− | B | — | B+ | D |
| Washington Township | #983 | D | B− | — | B− | D |
| Clay Township | #984 | D | B− | — | B− | D− |
| Union Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Lucasville | — | — | C | — | B+ | D |
| Morgan Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | D |
Union Township, Lucasville and Morgan Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rush Township, Valley Township, Washington Township, Clay Township, Union Township, Lucasville and Morgan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rush Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Rush Township grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns. It grades D− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.