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A town of 7,520.
St. Clair Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $162K for a typical one, or 2.8 years of the Salem area’s $58K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 698th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 78% of Ohio towns. 15% of the land in St. Clair Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On history, just 111 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Beaver Creek State Park, at 1,810 acres with 28 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where St. Clair Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
15.1% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far St. Clair Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 8,080 in 1980, 7,804 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1937 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Clair 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 St. Clair Township.
St. Clair Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and sends many workers across the state line.
32 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. St. Clair Township’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, where Ohio’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beaver Creek State Park | 28 mi | 1,810 |
| 2. Beaver Creek State Forest | — | 1,117 |
| 3. Calcutta Community Park | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $162K.
Its public schools are run by the Beaver Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Beaver Local High School, with 547 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Local Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 619 | B |
| Beaver Local High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 547 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
18% of St. Clair Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| St. Clair Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | St. Clair Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.9% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 20.6% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in St. Clair Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Clair Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
22% of working residents cross a state line to work. Jobs based here fell from 3,184 in 2013 to 2,539.
Most working residents leave St. Since 2013, St. Clair Township has lost 645 jobs, to 2,539 in 2023. The median household income in St. Clair Township is $58,000.
| St. Clair Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Clair Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
34 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
34 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
35 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
29 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
34 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of St. Clair Township
About 5 of every 100 St. Clair Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
St. Clair Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 7,804.
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4 towns share a border with St. Clair Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair Township | #698 | C+ | B+ | — | A− | D |
| Middleton Township | #310 | B+ | A− | — | A− | C |
| Liverpool Township | #840 | C | A− | — | C | D |
| Madison Township | #819 | C | B | — | A− | D |
| Glenmoor | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
Glenmoor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. St. Clair Township, Middleton Township, Liverpool Township, Madison Township and Glenmoor report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare St. Clair Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
St. Clair Township grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #698 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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 B+.
