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Population 2,987: a town in Ohio.
Worthington Township’s weakest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 69% of the country. With a C+ overall, Worthington Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 715th of 987 in Ohio. Homes run about $199K for a typical one, 3.4 times the Mansfield metro’s $60K median household income. Schools are its strong suit: its schools rank ahead of 69% of Ohio towns. Rummell Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its average commute is 34 minutes, above both the Ohio town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Pleasant Hill Lake Park, at 178 acres.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Worthington Township beats most towns.
Where Worthington 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 Worthington Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A− for history (1 place on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C+ comes from the livability subjects above.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 3 maps from 1912 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Worthington 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 Worthington Township.
Worthington Township sends most of its workers to Mansfield and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Worthington Township has 210 jobs for its 1,136 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 33.7 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most people who work leave Worthington Township to do it: just 4% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Worthington Township dropped by 67, to 210. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line here. The top destinations are Mansfield (18%), Columbus (6%) and Mount Vernon (6%).
| Worthington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 5.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Clear Fork Valley Local school district runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Worthington Township, with 306 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 252 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
7.6 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Worthington Township: 3, covering 182 acres. Its density of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Worthington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pleasant Hill Lake Park | 0.3 mi | 178 |
| 2. Mohican Memorial State Forest | — | 2 |
| 3. Hitchman Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For adults in Worthington Township, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 27%. This Ohio town does better than the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Two figures for adults here: 17% smoke cigarettes, 18% report frequent mental distress.
| Worthington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Worthington Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are a third of residents (38% statewide). For Worthington Township, the age of the median resident is 34.4 years. Here, 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 32% in Ohio as a whole. In Worthington Township, 15% of residents are 65 or older.
| Worthington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Worthington Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.1% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $404 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Households in Worthington Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2008. The risk rating from FEMA locally is 58 of 100. FEMA puts four fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Also worth knowing: 13 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1987.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Worthington Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
4 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
38 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
39 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
36 mi Ancient siteAlligator Effigy Mound
14 mi GardenKingwood CenterOhio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alligator Effigy Mound: Rev. Stephen D. Peet, editor, Public domain · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Worthington Township
About 5 of every 100 Worthington Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Worthington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 2,988 people in the township.
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4 towns share a border with Worthington Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Township | #715 | C+ | B | — | B+ | C |
| Jefferson Township | #611 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Monroe Township | #483 | B | B+ | — | B | B− |
| Hanover Township | — | — | A | — | B | C− |
| Pike Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | C |
Hanover Township and Pike Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Worthington Township, Jefferson Township, Monroe Township, Hanover Township and Pike Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Worthington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Worthington Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #715 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
