Whetstone TownshipOH
A town of 1,975, settled in 1833.
Is Whetstone Township a good place to live?
Whetstone Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 106 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on walkability. Only 24 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Crawford County Fairgrounds, at 49 acres. Whetstone Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Whetstone Township for work
Where Whetstone Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Whetstone Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Whetstone Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Whetstone Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Whetstone 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Whetstone Township.
On CDC estimates, Whetstone Township is less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns
For Whetstone Township, that is above both the Ohio town median (28%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). Whetstone Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Whetstone Township.
| Whetstone Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Whetstone Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Whetstone Township’s public schools outperform 69% of Ohio districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Road School of Bucyrus PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 55 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Most of Whetstone Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Whetstone Township for work: only 1% work in town. Whetstone Township’s average trip to work is 15 minutes, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Whetstone Township has lost 146 jobs, to 157 in 2023.
| Whetstone Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Whetstone Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Whetstone Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Whetstone Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crawford County Fairgrounds | — | 49 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ohio State Reformatory and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whetstone Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
17 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
29 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
19 mi GardenKingwood Center
21 mi MuseumMansfield Memorial Museum
36 mi TheatreNorwalk TheatrePhoto credits
Ohio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mansfield Memorial Museum: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norwalk Theatre: Joanna Poe from Munith, MI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Whetstone Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Whetstone Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Whetstone Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Whetstone Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Whetstone Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whetstone Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Bucyrus · Bucyrus Township | #839 | C | A− | C+ | B− | D |
| Tully Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liberty Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C− |
| Polk Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Dallas Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Sandusky Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whetstone Township, Liberty Township, Polk Township and Jefferson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Whetstone Township, Liberty Township, Polk Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Tully Township, Dallas Township and Sandusky Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Bucyrus Township and Bucyrus are one community, graded once. Compare Whetstone Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Whetstone Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Whetstone Township, OH expensive?
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+.