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A city of 63,075.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Washington Township grades A− overall, 184th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. Natural-hazard risk is low. The median household earns $99K and its schools rank ahead of 84% of Ohio towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $323K for a typical one and 4.5 times the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Washington Township, against 24% in Ohio’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On health, just 151 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Washington Township has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Watkins House and Ethol Kellog House.
Where Washington Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Centerville Primary Village South | PK–1 | 679 |
| Centerville Primary Village North | PK–1 | 545 |
| Weller Elementary School | 2–5 | 533 |
6.8% of the town is conserved land, across 53 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Washington Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and 2 maps from 1913 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Washington Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
39 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
38 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year11 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
7 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a yearNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, 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 · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Washington 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 Washington Township.
Washington Township trades workers with Dayton and other neighbors, has less food insecurity than most of Ohio and pairs an A− for schools with high home prices.
Washington Township’s concentration of trails stands at 1.4 miles per square mile. Across 53 parks and preserves: 42 miles of trail. The biggest place to walk is Grant Park, 206 acres with 9.3 miles of trail.
| Washington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grant Park | 9.3 mi | 206 |
| 2. Bill Yeck Park | 6.4 mi | 173 |
| 3. Leonard E. Stubbs Memorial Park | 2.9 mi | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $323K.
The public schools here belong to the Centerville City school district. Three of its 20 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Public school enrollment in Washington Township: 3,062 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley E Watts Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 777 | B+ |
| Centerville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,720 | A− |
| Dr John Hole Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 376 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
The FEMA hazard score for Washington Township comes to 10 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1979: 15. 62% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 10%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 7.8% of its 25,679 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
15% of Washington Township adults say their health is fair or poor. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Washington Township is ahead of Ohio on 20 and behind on 1. Two figures for adults locally: 10% smoke cigarettes, 12% report frequent physical distress.
| Washington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Washington Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 22°, with about 12 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Washington Township has about as many jobs (23,181) as working residents, but only 3,972 people both live and work here.
Commuting out is the norm in Washington Township: 16% of working residents work locally. The share of workers in Washington Township who do their job from home: 19%. The median commute is under 9 miles. Its average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Washington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
8 within 15 miles of the center of Washington Township
About 5 of every 100 Washington Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
6 places in Washington Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
A suburb of Dayton, Washington Township is the largest of nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 61,882 at the 2020 census. The township, through the independent Centerville-Washington Park District, contains eight community parks, nine nature parks, and 33 neighborhood parks encompassing 1,000 acres in Centerville and Washington Township.
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7 towns share a border with Washington Township.
Miami Township next door grades lower for schools (B− to Washington Township’s A−) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | #184 | A− | D | — | A− | A− |
| Kettering | #234 | A− | C+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Centerville | #175 | A− | C− | B+ | A− | A− |
| Sugarcreek Township | #227 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
| Miami Township | #775 | C | C | C | B− | B |
| Bellbrook | #35 | A+ | C | A | A | A |
| Springboro | #30 | A+ | C+ | A− | A | A |
| Clear Creek Township | #69 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
Washington Township, Sugarcreek Township and Clear Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Washington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Washington Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #184 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− 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.
