City safety & data profile

CincinnatiOH

Cincinnati, OH is a 311K-resident city in Hamilton County with a median household income of $52,909.

Hamilton County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cincinnati, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cincinnati has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $230,900, and 13 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

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Data updated 2026-09-03

311K
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $52,909
Median income (place): $230,900
Median home (place): 25.5%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Cincinnati

Cincinnati posts a median household income higher than 13% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 13 hospitals serve the Cincinnati area.

Bottom 14%
by median income, US cities: 1
safety alert on record: 13
hospitals in & near Cincinnati

Where Cincinnati income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$52,909 Bottom 13% higher than 13% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Columbus

913,175
Cleveland

365,379
Cincinnati

311,097
Toledo

265,638
Akron

197,542
Dayton

135,512
Parma

79,937
Canton

71,885
Youngstown

64,628
Lorain

63,647

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Powell

$195,495
Hudson

$171,427
Dublin

$160,296
Bexley

$157,841
Upper Arling…

$155,167
Montgomery

$150,995
Solon

$139,089
Avon

$135,915
Brecksville

$135,000
Bay Village

$132,254

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Cincinnati, OH beyond the headline numbers

Cincinnati sits inside Hamilton County, Ohio, at roughly 39.13°N, -84.51°W. Population 311,097, $52,909 median household income. Median home value $230,900, median rent $1,001. Poverty rate 25.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

13 hospitals in/around Cincinnati, 3.9/5 avg rating, 8 with an ER.

25.5% of Cincinnati, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Cincinnati runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

15% of Cincinnati workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.3% in Cincinnati, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

5.3% of Cincinnati workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Cincinnati's median age is 33.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cincinnati from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

311,097

Cincinnati · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$52,909

-41% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$230,900

-44% vs avg

Median Age (place)

33.2

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hamilton County): Cincinnati's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

831K+4%

Median Income

$72,470+49%

Median Home Value

$241,900+68%

Poverty Rate

15%-17%

Unemployment

5%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cincinnati, OH
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,001/mo
Poverty Rate	25.5% +106% vs avg
Unemployment	6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+	41.8%
Work From Home	15%
Public Transit	5.3%

Population

White 49%

African American 36.5%

Asian 2.7%

Two or More Ethnicities 5.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

41.4%

Obesity

38.3%

High Blood Pressure

36%

Physical Inactivity

27.6%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.8%

Binge Drinking

17%

Current Smoking

16.1%

Diabetes

14.1%

Frequent Physical Distress

13%

Current Asthma

12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.3%

Annual Checkup 78.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance

9.6%

Coronary Heart Disease

6.2%

Stroke

3.8%

Hospitals 13 total

Rating Distribution

★★★★★

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Average Rating

3.9/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

CHRIST HOSPITAL