Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Rutland Township’s subject grades is an A for history; the weakest is a D− for health. 34% of residents are under 18 in Rutland Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. On health, just 17 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 15 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. West Fourth Street Historic District (Amendment) is on the National Register of Historic Places. Rutland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Rutland Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
West Fourth Street Historic District (Amendment)| Widest gap | Rutland Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 14% | 8% |
Where Rutland 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 Rutland Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 139 in 1880, a peak of 687 in 1960, 427 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1823 and 3 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rutland 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 Rutland Township.
Among adults in Rutland Township, 20% report frequent physical distress. Only 8 of the 994 Ohio towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Rutland Township.
| Rutland Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Rutland Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 14% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.3% | 7.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.6% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Meigs Local school district. The 2 public schools in Rutland Township teach 694 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meigs Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 360 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Jobs based in Rutland Township grew to 247 in 2023, 58 more than in 2013. In Rutland Township, 17% of residents live below the poverty line. For most workers, Rutland Township is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. The town’s average commute is 30 minutes.
| Rutland Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $40,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 23°; snowfall runs to about 15 inches a winter. Summers in Rutland Township are warm, and winters chilly.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 55% of U.S. communities. 77% of Rutland Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 6%. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 7 declared disasters, most recently in 2019.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rutland Township’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile. 3.4 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Rutland Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Rutland Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Rutland is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The population was 427 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Rutland Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland Township | — | — | B | — | C | D− |
| Salem Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scipio Township | — | — | B | — | C | D |
| Salisbury Township | #977 | D | B+ | — | C | D− |
| Cheshire Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morgan Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | D |
Rutland Township, Scipio Township and Morgan Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rutland Township, Scipio Township, Salisbury Township and Morgan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Salem Township and Cheshire Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rutland 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 B.