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Trimble Township earns a D, 947th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 91% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $58K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: homes are within reach, about $85K for a typical one, or 1.5 years of the Athens area’s $56K median household income. 41% of the land in Trimble Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 19 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on hazard risk. The biggest park or preserve is Trimble Township Community Forest, at 1,202 acres.
Where Trimble Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Trimble 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 Trimble Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 81 in 1870, a peak of 806 in 1920, 329 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Trimble 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 Trimble Township.
Trimble Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Ohio and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Its 9,653 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in any other Ohio town. Its A for the outdoors ranks #26 of 993 in Ohio.
33 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Trimble Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, where Ohio’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trimble Township Community Forest | 0.9 mi | 1,202 |
| 2. Glouster Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Trimble Local school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 333 | C− |
| Trimble High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 182 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
30% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Trimble Township. Trimble Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 16% of adults have diabetes in Trimble Township.
| Trimble Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Trimble Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 21.5% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $593 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Trimble Township is 87 of 100. Since 1990, 100 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Trimble Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trimble Township has 312 jobs for its 1,416 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 798 in 2013 to 312.
Most working residents leave Trimble Township for work: only 7% work in town. Trimble Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Trimble Township has lost 486 jobs, to 312 in 2023.
| Trimble Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trimble Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 1.5 years of the Athens area’s $56K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 99% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. 59.9% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.9% across Ohio.
60% of Trimble Township renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent.
| Trimble Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 60% | 42% | 48% |
| Median rent | $772 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Trimble Township
About 3 of every 100 Trimble Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Trimble is a village in Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 329 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Trimble Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble Township | #947 | D | A− | — | C | D |
| Dover Township | #873 | C− | B− | — | B− | C |
| Monroe Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Ward Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Homer Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Monroe Township and Ward Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Trimble Township, Dover Township, Monroe Township and Ward Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Homer Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Trimble Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Trimble Township grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #947 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $85,000, 65% below the Ohio typical home.
