Mercer County, Ohio

Mercer County has a population of 42,484 and has grown 0.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $210,600, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $76,782.

Home price
$210,600
Income
$76,782
Population
42,484
Unemployment
1.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$210,600county
Median gross rent$804county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198058.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,405(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$987county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$788county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,287county
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$76,782county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate7.3%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 home4.4%county
Unemployment rate1.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.7%county
Share of workers employed by government12.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.6%county
Economic output per resident$94,036county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.10%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 time18.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service44 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport424491county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station66 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths44.7county
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 higher21.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.2%county
Public schools in the county20county
Public school enrollment8363county
Students per full-time teacher17.5county
Free lunch eligible34.4%county
Elementary schools6county
Middle schools5county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians50county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.1%county
Frequent mental distress18.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

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

Population42,484county
Land area in square miles462county
People per square mile of land91.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores6county
Share living far from a food store9.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+0.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age39.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.2%county
Share of households that are one person28.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.7%county
Second languages2.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls77.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents179county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in609county
Households that moved away746county
Average income of arriving households$57,649county
Average income of departing households$53,025county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year83county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings2.4%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature51.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.90 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F20 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing127 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days177 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 27county
Average first fall frostOct 21county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$171county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh15.3¢county
Household electricity use1,189 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas46.1%county
Homes heated by propane19.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.5%county
Homes heated by wood2.7%county
Households with broadband91.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk42.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk20.9county
Hail risk64.1county
Earthquake risk73.8county
Tornado risk67.0county
Tropical cyclone risk38.9county
Extreme heat risk17.4county
Winter weather risk28.3county
Strong wind risk48.9county
Wildfire risk6.5county

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 Mercer 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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