Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,889.
Yellow Creek Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. On health, just 101 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Yellow Creek Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On the outdoors, just 115 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Daniel McBean Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Yellow Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Yellow Creek Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Yellow Creek Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.1% | 8% |
Where Yellow Creek 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 Yellow Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 maps from 1937 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Yellow Creek 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 Yellow Creek Township.
18% of adults report frequent physical distress in Yellow Creek Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 14%. 25% of Yellow Creek Township adults say their health is fair or poor. Yellow Creek Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15.
| Yellow Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Yellow Creek Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 21.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Yellow Creek Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Yellow Creek Township has added 123 jobs, to 224 in 2023. The top destinations are East Liverpool (8%), Lisbon (5%) and Calcutta (5%).
| Yellow Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Yellow Creek Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Yellow Creek Township is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (18% statewide). Yellow Creek Township has lost 3.2% of its people since 2020, down to 1,889 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Yellow Creek Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 24% | 29% |
58% women, 42% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.2 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Yellow Creek Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.3% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.5% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 1.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yellow Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
38 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
38 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
39 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
25 mi MuseumMeadowcroft RockshelterPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Yellow Creek Township
About 5 of every 100 Yellow Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States
Yellow Creek (previously also known as Linton) is an unincorporated community in Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located northwest of Hammondsville at the intersection of Ohio State Route 7 and Ohio State Route 213 where the Yellow Creek empties into the Ohio River, at 40°34′28″N 80°40′03″W. The Linton Post Office was established as Mouth of Yellow Creek Post Office (in Columbiana County) on May 12, 1832, and the name changed to Linton Post Office on March 30, 1855. The branch was discontinued on September 30, 1901. A famous fossil deposit ("the Linton site") is located at Yellow Creek. It is within the Allegheny Group of Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)- age sedi…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with Yellow Creek Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Creek Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Madison Township | #819 | C | B | — | A− | D |
| Wellsville | #962 | D | B+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Washington Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Saline Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
| Liverpool Township | #840 | C | A− | — | C | D |
Yellow Creek Township, Washington Township and Saline Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Yellow Creek Township, Madison Township, Wellsville, Washington Township, Saline Township and Liverpool Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Yellow Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A.
.jpg){kind=link}
