Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,948.
Sharon Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $128K, 2.2 years of the Mansfield metro’s $60K median household income. It grades B overall, 507th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. Only 80 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on history. 28% of residents are under 18 in Sharon Township, above both Ohio’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%).
Where Sharon Township beats most towns.
Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchesWhere Sharon 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 Sharon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1925 and 4 maps from 1915 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Sharon 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 Sharon Township.
Sharon Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Jobs based here fell from 4,535 in 2013 to 2,480.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Sharon Township dropped by 2,055, to 2,480. Most people who work leave Sharon Township to do it: just 16% work in town. The typical household income for Sharon Township comes to $61,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles.
| Sharon Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The public schools here belong to the Shelby City school district. The largest public high school is Shelby High School, with 454 students. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 866 | B+ |
| Shelby High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 454 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Sharon Township than in nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. 131 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 68% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 9,109 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sharon Township’s, it is less healthy than 54%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
For adults in Sharon Township, the share who report frequent mental distress is 18%. 27% of adults locally have been diagnosed with depression; 17% smoke cigarettes.
| Sharon Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Sharon Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For Sharon Township, the July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 0.9 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Seltzer Park | — | 12 |
| 2. McBride Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sharon Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
30 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
21 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
10 mi GardenKingwood Center
39 mi MuseumAllen Memorial Art Museum
11 mi MuseumBibleWalkOhio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Allen Memorial Art Museum: Daderot, Public domain · BibleWalk: JBTHEMILKER, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sharon Township
About 3 of every 100 Sharon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Sharon Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 9,006 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Sharon Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Shelby (B) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Township | #507 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Jackson Township · Jackson Township | #625 | B− | B | — | B+ | C |
| Plymouth Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shelby | #535 | B | A | B− | B+ | C |
| Vernon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | #663 | C+ | C | — | A | D |
| Sandusky Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sharon Township, Jackson Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Plymouth Township, Vernon Township and Sandusky Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Jackson Township and Jackson Township are one community, graded once. Compare Sharon Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Sharon Township grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #507 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B+ for schools.
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−.
