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A town of 2,565, platted in 1844.
Spring Valley Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 828th of 987 graded towns in Ohio, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $98K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $477K, 6.6 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns. Spring Valley Township’s age of the median resident is 55 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Little Miami State Park, at 44 acres.
Where Spring Valley Township beats most towns.
Where Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (platted 1844), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 290 in 1870, a peak of 678 in 1960, 415 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1917 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Valley Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year13 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
27 mi MuseumChateau Laroche
24 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
14 mi MuseumHuffman PrairieNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chateau Laroche: ConlonTT, Public domain · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley Township.
Spring Valley Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Ohio.
At 6.6 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $477K) costs more against local pay than in 96% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $4,624, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among households in Spring Valley Township, 89% live in a home they own. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 6.7% in value. In Spring Valley Township, the midpoint rent is $1,125 a month.
| Spring Valley Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,125 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 11 miles. The trail density in Spring Valley Township is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Spring Valley Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Little Miami State Park | — | 44 |
| 2. Walton Park | — | 23 |
| 3. Constitution Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For half of commuters, work is under 13 miles away. The typical journey to work for Spring Valley Township comes to 26 minutes. Commuting out is the norm locally: 7% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Dayton (12%), Xenia (8%) and Beavercreek (7%).
| Spring Valley Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected losses in Spring Valley Township break down as 62% from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 71% of U.S. communities. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2008.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 20 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,835 U.S. towns with household incomes like Spring Valley Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
On the CDC’s 32 measures, Spring Valley Township is ahead of Ohio on 9 and behind on 1. For adults here, the share who report frequent mental distress is 16%.
| Spring Valley Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Spring Valley Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 14.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
13 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Valley Township
About 1 of every 100 Spring Valley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Spring Valley is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 415 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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6 towns share a border with Spring Valley Township.
Sugarcreek Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Spring Valley Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Township | #828 | C | C | — | C+ | B |
| Xenia Township | #577 | B− | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Sugarcreek Township | #227 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
| Xenia | #831 | C | B+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Caesarscreek Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Wayne Township | #374 | B+ | C | — | A+ | B+ |
| Chester Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
Caesarscreek Township and Chester Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Valley Township, Xenia Township, Sugarcreek Township, Caesarscreek Township, Wayne Township and Chester Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spring Valley Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Spring Valley Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #828 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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