Starr TownshipOH
A town of 1,414.
Is Starr Township a good place to live?
The best of Starr Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 13 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Residents are less healthy than 91% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Only 83 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on cost of living. 27% of the land in Starr Township is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Starr Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,414 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Starr Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Starr Township is from typical.
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Moving to Starr Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Starr 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Starr Township.
A larger share of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Starr Township than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country
29% of Starr Township adults have been diagnosed with depression, above both the Ohio town median (26%) and the median of U.S. towns (23%). 15% of Starr Township adults have diabetes. Starr Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20.
| Starr Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Starr Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.1% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 22% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Starr Township beat 67% of Ohio districts
Its public schools are run by the Logan-Hocking Local school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Furnace Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 184 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Conserved land covers nearly a quarter of Starr Township
0.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Johnny Appleseed Roadside Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of working residents in Starr Township work locally than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
0.6% of working residents work locally in Starr Township. Since 2013, Starr Township has added 24 jobs, to 34 in 2023. The average trip to work in Starr Township is 32 minutes.
| Starr Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Starr Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Starr Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Starr Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Starr Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Starr Township
About 1 of every 100 Starr Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
99% of working residents leave Starr Township for work
Where Starr Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Starr Township
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Starr is an unincorporated community in Hocking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Questions about Starr Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Starr Township, OH expensive?
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+.