Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 50,627, settled in 1833.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sylvania Township grades B+ overall, 380th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. It has 30 miles of trail. It is healthier than 81% of U.S. towns and its schools rank ahead of 78% of Ohio towns. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $278K for a typical one and 4.2 times the Toledo metro’s $65K median household income. 52% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sylvania Township, against 24% in Ohio’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Wildwood Preserve Metropark, at 516 acres with 9.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Sylvania Township beats most towns.
10.4% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Sylvania Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 532 in 1880, 19,011 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 5 maps from 1900 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sylvania 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 Sylvania Township.
Sylvania Township trades workers with Toledo and other neighbors, has less tooth loss than most of Ohio and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
The trail density in Sylvania Township is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wildwood Preserve Metropark | 9.1 mi | 516 |
| 2. Sylvan Prarie Park | 1.9 mi | 173 |
| 3. Secor Metropark | 1.2 mi | 361 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Sylvania Schools. Three of its 16 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Trail Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 667 | A− |
| Sylvania Northview High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,283 | A− |
| Highland Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 610 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 9.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide.
31% of Sylvania Township adults have obesity. Sylvania Township beats the Ohio average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of Sylvania Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Sylvania Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sylvania Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.7% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sylvania Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sylvania Township has about as many jobs (25,013) as working residents, but only 4,211 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Sylvania Township for work: only 18% work in town. Sylvania Township’s median household income is $105,000. Since 2013, Sylvania Township has added 2,779 jobs, to 25,013 in 2023.
| Sylvania Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Sylvania Township since 1985.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 622 to 415 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 20 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sylvania Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
9 mi MuseumToledo Museum of Art340K visitors a year
9 mi Zoo & aquariumToledo Zoo
10 mi LandmarkFort Meigs
38 mi LandmarkYpsilanti Water Tower
23 mi National park siteRiver Raisin National Battlefield Park134K visitors a yearMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Museum of Art: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Zoo: DreamingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Meigs: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ypsilanti Water Tower: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0 · River Raisin National Battlefield Park: Notorious4life (talk), Public domain
6 within 15 miles of the center of Sylvania Township
About 5 of every 100 Sylvania Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
City in the United States
Sylvania is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,011 at the 2020 census. Sylvania is a suburb of Toledo, and encompassed by Sylvania Township. Its northern border is the southern border of the state of Michigan. The name "Sylvania" is borrowed from the Latin sylvan or sylva, meaning "forest land", owing to the dense forests that once made up the region, part of the Great Black Swamp.
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6 towns share a border with Sylvania Township.
Toledo next door grades lower for schools (C to Sylvania Township’s A−) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvania Township | #380 | B+ | C− | B− | A− | A− |
| Toledo | #969 | D | B+ | D− | C | D |
| Richfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Ottawa Hills | #71 | A | C− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Sylvania | #124 | A | C | B+ | A− | A |
| Springfield Township | #791 | C | C | — | B− | B+ |
Richfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Richfield Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sylvania Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sylvania Township grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #380 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health, B− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
