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Xenia Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 577th of 987 graded towns in Ohio, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $95K. A typical home there costs about $247K, 3.4 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. Xenia Township is home to Central State University. 15% of residents are under 18 in Xenia Township, below both Ohio’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%). Xenia Township has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Col. Charles Young House and McDonald Farm.
Where Xenia Township beats most towns.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Central State University | 1,571 |
| Wilberforce University | 598 |
| Payne Theological Seminary | 57 |
Col. Charles Young HouseCol. Charles Young House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 429 in 1810, 25,441 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1835 and 5 maps from 1955 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Xenia Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Xenia Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year9 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
14 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
7 mi MuseumHuffman Prairie
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 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Xenia 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 Xenia Township.
Xenia Township is shaped by its college students, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
On expected storm and flood damage, Xenia Township sits below 85% of U.S. communities. 16 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1979. 47% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 22%. Federal aid has come to Xenia Township households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2019.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Xenia Community City school district. Enrollment at Xenia Township’s public school: 293 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 293 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
24.5% of residents are enrolled in college, against 5.6% statewide, which pulls the median age down.
For Xenia Township, the age of the median resident is 32.9 years. Since 2020, Xenia Township has grown 8.3%, to 7,320 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. In Xenia Township, nearly two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Xenia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Xenia Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 24.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.1% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.5% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.4% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.7% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The top destinations are Xenia (14%), Dayton (7%) and Beavercreek (6%). Just 5% of Xenia Township’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents here, 4.8% live below the poverty line. The median commute is under 16 miles.
| Xenia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails total 2.4 miles in 16 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Little Miami Conservancy Preserve, at 79 acres. The trail network density in Xenia Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Xenia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sara Lee Arnovitz Nature Preserve | 0.7 mi | 42 |
| 2. Little Miami Conservancy Preserve | — | 79 |
| 3. Glen Helen Nature Preserve | — | 77 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,249 U.S. towns with household incomes like Xenia Township’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so it trails even them.
For adults in Xenia Township, the share who have obesity is 40%. 38% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Xenia Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Xenia Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.1% | 65.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
15 within 15 miles of the center of Xenia Township
College town 25 of every 100 Xenia Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 colleges in town.
6 places in Xenia Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Ohio, United States
Xenia ( ZEE-nee-ə) is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located in southwestern Ohio, it is 15 miles (24 km) east of Dayton and is part of the Dayton metropolitan area as well as the Miami Valley region. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 25,441. The city's name comes from the Greek word Xenia (ξενία), which means 'hospitality'.
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10 towns share a border with Xenia Township.
Beavercreek Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Xenia Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C− to B−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xenia Township | #577 | B− | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Xenia | #831 | C | B+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Beavercreek Township | #316 | B+ | C− | — | A | B |
| Caesarscreek Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Cedarville Township | – | A+ | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Spring Valley Township | #828 | C | C | — | C+ | B |
| New Jasper Township | #694 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C+ |
| Wilberforce | — | — | B | — | C+ | B+ |
Caesarscreek Township and Wilberforce have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Xenia Township, Beavercreek Township, Caesarscreek Township, Cedarville Township, Spring Valley Township, New Jasper Township and Wilberforce report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Xenia Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Xenia Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #577 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health and C+ 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−.
