Delaware County, Ohio

Delaware County has a population of 226,834 and has grown 13.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $445,500, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $133,540.

Home price
$445,500
Income
$133,540
Population
226,834
Unemployment
3.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$445,500county
Median gross rent$1,492county
Median year homes here were built2000county
Share of homes built before 198019.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,597county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,430county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,194county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,715county
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$133,540county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate4.7%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 home25.9%county
Unemployment rate3.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force69.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government13.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.6%county
Economic output per resident$84,347county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.60%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 time25.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service16 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4387395county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.0 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 station86 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.2%county
Traffic deaths28.2county
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 higher59.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher97.1%county
Public schools in the county59county
Public school enrollment44100county
Students per full-time teacher18.9county
Free lunch eligible20.3%county
Elementary schools33county
Middle schools13county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians148county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year7.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year5.1%county
Frequent mental distress15.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity18.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.2%county

Place

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

Population226,834county
Land area in square miles443county
People per square mile of land512.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores19county
Convenience stores15county
Share living far from a food store38.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract1.5%county
Population change since 2020+13.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age40.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.1%county
Share of households that are one person20.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.7%county
Second languages11.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents65county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents16county
Households that moved in8,425county
Households that moved away7,477county
Average income of arriving households$103,621county
Average income of departing households$91,935county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes23county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,016county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings18.8%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature51.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.3 incounty
Annual snowfall26.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.90 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F17 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing124 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6b(statewide)
Frost-free days186 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county8county
Electricity price per kWh15.9¢county
Household electricity use919 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity24.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas67.6%county
Homes heated by propane5.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband96.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk86.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk14.4county
Landslide risk47.2county
Hail risk89.4county
Earthquake risk66.2county
Tornado risk81.5county
Tropical cyclone risk27.3county
Extreme heat risk76.6county
Winter weather risk87.8county
Strong wind risk78.3county
Wildfire risk26.7county

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 Delaware 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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