Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,710. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Union Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and an A for history; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 14% of residents are under 18 in Union Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. Union Township's schools rank ahead of 70% of Ohio towns. On the outdoors, just 159 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include Hugh T. Rinehart House and Uniopolis Town Hall. Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Union Township beats most towns.
Where Union 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 Union Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2005.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Union 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 Union Township.
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 2% work in town. Union Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Union Township grew to 127 in 2023, 42 more than in 2013.
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Union Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Union Township beats the Ohio average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Union Township adults have obesity.
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Union Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MountainCampbell Hill
24 mi State parkGrand Lake St. Marys State Park
7 mi MuseumArmstrong Air and Space Museum
26 mi MuseumShrine of the Holy Relics
27 mi MuseumZane Shawnee Caverns
10 mi MuseumAllen County MuseumCampbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grand Lake St. Marys State Park: Bruin, CC BY 2.0 · Armstrong Air and Space Museum: Tysto, Public domain · Shrine of the Holy Relics: Rfgagel, Public domain · Zane Shawnee Caverns: Darkbluejacket, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allen County Museum: WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 6 of every 100 Union Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
2 places in Union Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,746 people in the township.
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3 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Perry Township | #930 | D | B | — | C+ | C |
| Clay Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Duchouquet Township | #278 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C |
Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Perry Township and Duchouquet Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Clay Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Union Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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