York TownshipOH
A town of 2,241.
Is York Township a good place to live?
The best of York Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 32 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. York Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave York Township for work
Where York Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How York Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far York Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to York Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in York 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 York Township.
On CDC estimates, York Township is less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
15% of York Township adults have diabetes, above both the Ohio town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%). CDC measures, 32 in all: York Township beats Ohio on 2 and trails on 9. For adults locally, the share who have high blood pressure is 42%.
| York Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | York Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.4% | 79.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
York Township’s schools rank behind 57% of Ohio districts
Its one school is below. The Switzerland of Ohio Local school district runs its public schools. Enrollment at York Township’s public school: 200 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powhatan Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 200 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in York Township is higher
Of the losses FEMA expects in York Township, 89% come from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of York Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
The median commute is under 19 miles. Jobs based in York Township fell to 156 in 2023, 84 fewer than in 2013. Most people who work leave York Township to do it: just 4% work in town. The town’s median household income comes in at $57,000.
| York Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is York Township’s year
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grave Creek Mound and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around York Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
34 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
14 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
18 mi City parkOglebay Park
14 mi MuseumWest Virginia Independence Hall
39 mi MuseumPennsylvania Trolley MuseumPhoto credits
Grave Creek Mound: Shonebrooks, CC0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · WesBanco Arena: Jgera5 at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Oglebay Park: Morganismysheltie (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · West Virginia Independence Hall: Nyttend, Public domain · Pennsylvania Trolley Museum: The original uploader was N2xjk at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about York Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of York Township
About 2 of every 100 York Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
York Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with York Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Mead Township | #566 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Powhatan Point | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Switzerland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
York Township and Powhatan Point have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. York Township, Mead Township and Powhatan Point report no FBI crime data of their own. Switzerland Township and Washington Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare York Township with a neighbor →
Questions about York Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is York Township, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $115,000. That is 2 years of the area's median household income ($57,418 across the Wheeling, WV-OH metro 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+.