York TownshipOH
A town of 1,585, settled in 1844. 22% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is York Township a good place to live?
York Township’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life; its weakest is a C for incomes. York Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both the Ohio town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). York Township's schools rank ahead of 68% of Ohio towns. On the outdoors, just 39 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. York Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes York Township stand out
Where York Township beats most towns.
99% 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.
York Township stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
0.9% of working residents work locally in York Township, against 6.9% in Ohio’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in York Township fell to 115 in 2023, 35 fewer than in 2013. 19% of York Township residents live below the poverty line.
| York Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
York Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
York Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of York Township are less healthy than 61% of U.S. towns
York Township beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 42% of adults have obesity in York Township.
| York Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | York Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.9% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in York Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about York Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of York Township; the nearest are
About 0 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 | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Liberty Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Taylor Township | — | — | D | — | A− | B |
| Claibourne Township | #391 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
York Township, Liberty Township and Taylor Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. York Township, Liberty Township, Taylor Township and Claibourne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Washington Township isn’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 a good place to live?
22% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is York Township, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $244,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.