Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,028.
Union Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $162K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Huntington metro’s $60K median household income. It grades C overall, 784th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On civic life, just 96 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Union Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Maplewood and Chesapeake High School. Only 3 of the 993 Ohio towns we compare have a higher January low than Union Township.
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 7 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 3 maps from 1901 on.
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.
Union Township sends many workers across the state line to Ashland and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $598 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 72 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Union Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Chesapeake Union Exempted Village school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Lawrence County, with 569 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 497 | A− |
| Lawrence CountyLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 569 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
63% of working residents cross a state line to work, Ashland among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Union Township grew to 1,698 in 2023, 386 more than in 2013. At $58,000, Union Township’s median household income is below both Ohio’s towns ($75,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,450 U.S. towns with household incomes like Union Township’s, it is less healthy than 57%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Union Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 37% of adults feel lonely in Union Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 34% and U.S. towns at 33%. 41% of Union Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Union Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with arthritis | 33.1% | 29.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Union Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Only 5 of the 993 Ohio towns we compare have a higher July high than Union Township.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. Union Township has lost 4.7% of its people since 2020, down to 8,028 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 20% of residents are under 18 in Union Township.
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Union Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.3% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.3% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.8% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Just 37 of its 20,736 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Union Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Proctorville Center Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Theme parkCamden Park
17 mi National forestWayne National Forest
5 mi MuseumHuntington Museum of Art
38 mi Park & preserveMcClintic Wildlife Management Area
6 mi MuseumHeritage Farm Museum and Village4 mi MuseumMuseum of Radio and TechnologyCamden Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Wayne National Forest: Forest Service, USDA, Public domain · Huntington Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · McClintic Wildlife Management Area: Steve from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Heritage Farm Museum and Village: Zeo1989, CC BY-SA 4.0
6 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 7 of every 100 Union Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,411.
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7 towns share a border with Union Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Burlington (C+) is closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | #784 | C | B+ | — | B | C |
| Fayette Township | #732 | C+ | A− | — | B | D |
| Rome Township | #676 | C+ | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Windsor Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
| Proctorville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chesapeake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burlington | #737 | C+ | A− | — | B− | D |
Windsor Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Fayette Township, Rome Township, Windsor Township and Burlington report no FBI crime data of their own. Proctorville and Chesapeake aren’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.
Union Township grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #784 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
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 B+.
