Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,814. 31% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Somers Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $165K, 2.4 years of the county’s $69K median household income. It grades C overall, 788th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 83% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Only 170 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on hazard risk. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Somers Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Camden Public School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Somers Township beats most towns.
Camden Public SchoolWhere Somers 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 Somers Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 4 maps from 1911 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Somers 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 Somers Township.
Somers Township has added a third more jobs in ten years, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Somers Township. Somers Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 41% of adults have obesity in Somers Township.
| Somers Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Somers Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8% |
| More smokers | 18.8% | 15.4% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 31.9% | 26.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Preble Shawnee Local school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preble Shawnee Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 471 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 394 in 2013 to 577.
Most working residents leave Somers Township for work: only 11% work in town. The average trip to work in Somers Township is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Somers Township has added 183 jobs, to 577 in 2023.
| Somers Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Somers Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $490 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Somers Township’s FEMA risk score is 64 of 100. Since 1989, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Somers Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tyler's-Ville Community Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Somers Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
31 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
35 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
35 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
36 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
33 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Somers Township
About 3 of every 100 Somers Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Somers Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,829 people in the township.
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5 towns share a border with Somers Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Township | #788 | C | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Gasper Township | #797 | C | B− | — | B− | C |
| Israel Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Gratis Township | #762 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Camden | — | — | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Milford Township | #719 | C+ | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Israel Township and Camden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Somers Township, Gasper Township, Israel Township, Gratis Township, Camden and Milford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Somers Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Somers Township grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #788 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.
