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A town of 4,848.
Thorn Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $334K for a typical one, or 4.1 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. It grades A− overall, 263rd among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $96K. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Thorn Township, above both the Ohio town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Soloman Whitmer House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Thorn Township beats most towns.
Where Thorn 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 Thorn Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2015 and 5 maps from 1909 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Thorn 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 Thorn Township.
Thorn Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Jobs based here grew from 365 in 2013 to 538.
Most working residents leave Thorn Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Thorn Township grew to 538 in 2023, 173 more than in 2013. 4.1% of Thorn Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Thorn Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 13% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Northern Local school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 351 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
The median age in Thorn Township is 53.6 years. Thorn Township has grown 6.8% since 2020, to 4,848 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 17% of residents are under 18 in Thorn Township.
| Thorn Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.6 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Thorn Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,800, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Thorn Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Thorn Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,103 U.S. towns with household incomes like Thorn Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Thorn Township beats the Ohio average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Thorn Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Thorn Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Community Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Thorn Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
33 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
34 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
32 mi State parkHocking Hills State Park
14 mi Ancient siteAlligator Effigy MoundOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hocking Hills State Park: Ramseybuckeye, Public domain · Alligator Effigy Mound: Rev. Stephen D. Peet, editor, Public domain
4 within 15 miles of the center of Thorn Township
About 2 of every 100 Thorn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Thorn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,555 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Thorn Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Hopewell Township (B+) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorn Township | #263 | A− | B | — | B | B− |
| Walnut Township | #555 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Hopewell Township | #372 | B+ | A− | — | B | C |
| Harbor Hills | — | — | C− | — | B− | B |
| Licking Township | #582 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Thornport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reading Township | #630 | B− | A− | — | B | C− |
| Richland Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
Harbor Hills and Richland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Thorn Township, Walnut Township, Hopewell Township, Harbor Hills, Licking Township, Reading Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Thornport isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Thorn Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Thorn Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #263 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health and B 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 B.
