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A town of 15,736, incorporated in 1822. Public schools that outperform most of Ohio.
Symmes Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 77th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The median household earns $157K, its schools outperform 94% of the state's, and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $506K for a typical one and 6.2 times the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. 72% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Symmes Township, against 24% in Ohio’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Waldschmidt-Camp Dennison District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Symmes Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
Where Symmes Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Symmes Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 13%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,115 in 1850, 15,642 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Symmes Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
37 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
15 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
14 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, 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 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Symmes 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 Symmes Township.
Symmes Township has less tooth loss than most of Ohio and pairs an A for schools with high home prices, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Ohio.
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $506K.
Its public schools are run by the Sycamore Community City school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symmes Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 656 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
4.1 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves. Camp Dennison Memorial Park, at 80 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Symmes Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Camp Dennison Memorial Park | 1 mi | 80 |
| 2. Symmes Township Park | 1 mi | 24 |
| 3. Hopewell Meadows Park | 0.9 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 7.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide. Against the 2,340 U.S. towns with household incomes like Symmes Township’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
10% of adults report frequent physical distress in Symmes Township. Symmes Township beats the Ohio average on 25 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Symmes Township.
| Symmes Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Symmes Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.5% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.4% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Symmes Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Symmes Township is 86°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Symmes Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
24.2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
3.8% of Symmes Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Symmes Township has added 1,556 jobs, to 8,865 in 2023. Most working residents leave Symmes Township for work: only 4% work in town.
| Symmes Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $157,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 6.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 95% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,037, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Symmes Township’s median rent is $1,623 a month.
| Symmes Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,623 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
13 within 15 miles of the center of Symmes Township
About 5 of every 100 Symmes Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Symmes Township ( SIMZ) is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,642 as of the 2020 census.
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10 towns share a border with Symmes Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symmes Township | #77 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Loveland | #48 | A+ | C | A− | A | A |
| The Village of Indian Hill | #146 | A | D | — | A+ | A |
| Montgomery | #54 | A+ | D | A− | A | A |
| Miami Township | #109 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Camp Dennison | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Remington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sixteen Mile Stand | #83 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
Symmes Township, The Village of Indian Hill and Sixteen Mile Stand report no FBI crime data of their own. Camp Dennison and Remington aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Symmes Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Symmes Township grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #77 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $506,000, 106% above the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
