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A town of 18,178.
Turtlecreek Township grades B− overall, 633rd among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $108K and its schools rank ahead of 76% of Ohio towns. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $402K for a typical one and 5 times the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Turtlecreek Township’s median household income is $108,000, where Ohio’s towns sit at $75,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Turtlecreek Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Crossed Keys Tavern and Hunt-Forman Farm. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
Where Turtlecreek Township beats most towns.
15,143 counted in 2010 and 17,644 in 2020; an estimated 18,178 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Turtlecreek Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Turtlecreek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
24 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
28 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
28 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
26 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
25 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, 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 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 Turtlecreek 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 Turtlecreek Township.
Turtlecreek Township trades workers with Cincinnati and other neighbors and has household incomes well above the Ohio norm, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Turtlecreek Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 487 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Turtlecreek Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Turtlecreek Township has about as many jobs (7,676) as working residents, but only 244 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 4,011 in 2013 to 7,676.
Most working residents leave Turtlecreek Township for work: only 3% work in town. 20% of Turtlecreek Township workers work from home. Jobs based in Turtlecreek Township grew to 7,676 in 2023, 3,665 more than in 2013.
| Turtlecreek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
4.2 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Armco Park, at 422 acres. Turtlecreek Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Turtlecreek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Keever Trails | 1.7 mi | 34 |
| 2. Turtlecreek Township Park | 0.3 mi | 28 |
| 3. Armco Park | 0.1 mi | 422 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median household earns $108,309, against $71,389 across Ohio, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Turtlecreek Township. Turtlecreek Township has grown 2.9% since 2020, to 18,178 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Turtlecreek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
40% women, 60% men
About 149 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.5 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 78% are men (OH 51%). Median age: women 41.5, men 38.0.
| Turtlecreek Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.3% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.5% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 7,421 U.S. towns with household incomes like Turtlecreek Township’s, it is less healthy than 83%, so it trails even them.
Turtlecreek Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Turtlecreek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Turtlecreek Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Turtlecreek Township
About 4 of every 100 Turtlecreek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Turtlecreek Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States. It is in the central part of the county and surrounds the county seat of Lebanon. Turtlecreek is the largest township in the county, originally containing sixty-three whole and seven fractional sections. The population was 17,644 as of the 2020 census.
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10 towns share a border with Turtlecreek Township.
All 7 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B−; Union Township (B) is closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtlecreek Township | #633 | B− | D | — | A− | B− |
| Lebanon | #264 | A− | C+ | B | A− | B |
| Washington Township | #149 | A | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Mason | #61 | A | C− | A− | A | A |
| Wayne Township | #374 | B+ | C | — | A+ | B+ |
| Lemon Township | #362 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Union Township | #456 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Clear Creek Township | #69 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
Turtlecreek Township, Washington Township, Wayne Township, Lemon Township, Union Township and Clear Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Turtlecreek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Turtlecreek Township grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #633 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
