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A town of 5,305. 55% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Tiffin Township earns a D, 975th of 987 graded towns in Ohio, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $38K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Tiffin Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Treber Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tiffin Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Tiffin Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Tiffin Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2015 and 2 maps from 1986 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Tiffin 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 Tiffin Township.
Tiffin Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Against the 1,895 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tiffin Township’s, it is healthier than 58%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
Tiffin Township: 34% of adults get no exercise outside work. For adults locally, the share who smoke cigarettes is 21%.
| Tiffin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Tiffin Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.2% | 8% |
| More smokers | 20.5% | 15.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with 78% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Tiffin Township is lower. 62% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 11%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 23°, with about 20 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here fell from 2,417 in 2013 to 1,897. The average commute for its 1,488 working residents takes 32.8 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
In Tiffin Township, 18% of working residents work locally. Jobs locally fell by 520 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,897. The town’s average commute comes in at 33 minutes. The top destinations are West Union (16%), Columbus (5%) and Seaman (4%).
| Tiffin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $38,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest place to walk is Chaparral Prairie, 126 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. Walkers can cover 5.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. In Tiffin Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Tiffin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chaparral Prairie | 2.1 mi | 126 |
| 2. Adams Lake Prarie State Nature Preserve | 0.5 mi | 20 |
| 3. Adams Lake State Park | — | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tiffin Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi MountainSerpent Mound
32 mi National Historical ParkHopewell Culture National Historical Park52K visitors a year
19 mi MuseumJohn Rankin House
38 mi MuseumBlue Licks Battlefield State Park
20 mi MuseumJohn P. Parker House
31 mi MuseumHarris Dental MuseumSerpent Mound: The British Library, No restrictions · Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Rankin House: Rdikeman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Licks Battlefield State Park: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain · John P. Parker House: Nyttend, Public domain · Harris Dental Museum: Nyttend, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Tiffin Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Tiffin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Tiffin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,210 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Tiffin Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffin Township | #975 | D | C+ | — | B− | D |
| Brush Creek Township | — | — | B | — | B− | D |
| Oliver Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | D |
| Meigs Township | #972 | D | B− | — | B− | D− |
| Liberty Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Monroe Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wayne Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C− |
Brush Creek Township, Oliver Township, Liberty Township and Wayne Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tiffin Township, Brush Creek Township, Oliver Township, Meigs Township, Liberty Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Monroe Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tiffin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Tiffin Township grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #975 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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