Belmont County, Ohio

Belmont County has a population of 65,473 and has shrunk 3.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $154,900, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $57,017.

Home price
$154,900
Income
$57,017
Population
65,473
Unemployment
5.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$154,900county
Median gross rent$793county
Median year homes here were built1965county
Share of homes built before 198071.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.4%county
Typical monthly rent$993county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$991county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$816county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,277county
Home insurance / yr$2,118(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.3(statewide)
Median household income$57,017county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate15.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.9%county
Unemployment rate5.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.8%county
Share of workers employed by government13.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.8%county
Economic output per resident$54,127county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.95%county
Top state income tax2.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.29%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service47 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4862376county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station55 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.1%county
Traffic deaths9.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher18.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.2%county
Public schools in the county23county
Public school enrollment8619county
Students per full-time teacher16.1county
Free lunch eligible64.7%county
Elementary schools9county
Middle schools6county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution5.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians27county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.0%county
Frequent mental distress20.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population65,473county
Land area in square miles532county
People per square mile of land123.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores13county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store11.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.7%county
Population change since 2020-3.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-7county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age44.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.0%county
Share of households that are one person33.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages1.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls35.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents197county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in1,045county
Households that moved away1,109county
Average income of arriving households$51,796county
Average income of departing households$52,481county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings48.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature51.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation34.2 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.87 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing126 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6b(statewide)
Frost-free days192 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 24county
Average first fall frostNov 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$167county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh17.1¢county
Household electricity use986 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity29.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas47.0%county
Homes heated by propane9.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil8.7%county
Homes heated by wood3.3%county
Households with broadband86.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk87.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk56.4county
Landslide risk89.0county
Hail risk59.3county
Earthquake risk41.3county
Tornado risk55.5county
Tropical cyclone risk55.3county
Extreme heat risk57.9county
Winter weather risk24.7county
Strong wind risk43.3county
Wildfire risk40.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Belmont County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Ohio figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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