Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,999.
Union Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for health. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Union Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Only 94 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on health. 28% of the land in Union Township is conserved, above both the Ohio town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Simon Farm, at 653 acres. Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
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 1850 and 3 maps from 1915 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Union Township, and how to reach them.
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Ordered by what stands out in Union Township.
Union Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 36% of adults get no exercise outside work in Union Township.
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Union Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.9% | 16.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.7% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
19 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Simon Farm | — | 653 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Union Township for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Union Township is 32 minutes. The top destinations are Portsmouth (28%), Columbus (4%) and Scioto Township (4%).
| Union Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Union Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Union Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Union Township
About 2 of every 100 Union Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 2,057 people in the township.
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4 towns share a border with Union Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Nile Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | D− |
| Washington Township | #983 | D | B− | — | B− | D |
| Brush Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Rush Township | #987 | D− | C+ | — | B− | D− |
Union Township, Nile Township and Brush Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, Nile Township, Washington Township, Brush Creek Township and Rush Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Union Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $141,000. That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($50,609 across the Portsmouth, OH 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.