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A town of 3,389. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Seal Township grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $41K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line. It also has a long history, with 2 places on the National Register. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Seal Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Vanmeter Stone House and Outbuildings and Friendly Grove.
Where Seal Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Friendly Grove| Widest gap | Seal Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 8% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Seal Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A− for history (2 places on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its D− comes from the livability subjects above.
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The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Seal 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 Seal Township.
Seal Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding) and has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
Against the 2,638 U.S. towns with household incomes like Seal Township’s, it is less healthy than 77%, so its D− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Seal Township, 21% report frequent mental distress. In Seal Township, 36% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 18% report frequent physical distress.
| Seal Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Seal Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.5% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 22.6% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The largest public high school is Piketon Jr/Sr High School, with 641 students. The Scioto Valley Local school district runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piketon Jr/Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 5–12 | Grades 5–12 | 641 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
10 miles of trail. In Seal Township, the trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Seal Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
25.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio, which weighs on its D for jobs and income. The median household earns $40,896, against $71,389 across Ohio.
Seal Township’s age of the median resident comes in at 38.5 years. Children under 18 are 30% of residents (22% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). For residents in the town, the share who are 65 or older is 15%. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 23% of adults 25 and older, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Seal Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Seal Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.4% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.8% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 49.4% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.8% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
A winter brings about 12 inches of snow, with January nights at 23° and July afternoons at 86°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $760 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts just over four fifths of Seal Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. The town’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 65 of 100. Since 1997, 40 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 3,642 in 2013 to 1,580.
The top destinations are Waverly (16%), Piketon (8%) and Columbus (7%). Jobs based in Seal Township fell to 1,580 in 2023, 2,062 fewer than in 2013. Also worth knowing: the average commute in the town is 22 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles.
| Seal Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $41,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
None within 15 miles of Seal Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Seal Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Seal Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Seal Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,351 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Seal Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seal Township | #986 | D− | B− | — | C+ | D− |
| Pee Pee Township | #979 | D | C+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newton Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Scioto Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D− |
| Beaver Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | D− |
| Union Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D− |
| Piketon | — | — | B | — | C+ | D− |
Newton Township, Scioto Township, Beaver Township, Union Township and Piketon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Seal Township, Pee Pee Township, Newton Township, Scioto Township, Beaver Township, Union Township and Piketon report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Seal Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Seal Township grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Health 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 B−.
