City safety & data profile

PowellOH

Powell, OH is a 13K-resident city in Delaware County with a median household income of $195,495.

Delaware County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Powell, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Powell has a population larger than 18% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $561,500.

Data updated 2026-09-03

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 19%
By size
$195,495
Median income (place)
$561,500
Median home (place)
1.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Powell

Powell posts a median household income higher than 98% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 2%
by median income, US cities

Where Powell income ranks nationally

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

$195,495 Top 2% higher than 98% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Powell $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

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

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

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

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

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

The quick read

Reading Powell, OH beyond the headline numbers

Powell sits inside Delaware County, Ohio, at roughly 40.16°N, -83.08°W. Population 12,972, $195,495 median household income. Median home value $561,500, median rent $2,194. Poverty rate 1.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 1.1% of Powell, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Powell runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

31.7% of Powell workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 11.9% in Powell, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Powell workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.8 years, Powell's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Powell 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)
12,972
Powell · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$195,495
+119% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$561,500
+36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Delaware County): Powell'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
227K+27%
Median Income
$133,540+49%
Median Home Value
$445,500+81%
Poverty Rate
4.7%-4%
Unemployment
3%-32%

Economics

Economics indicators for Powell, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,194/mo
Poverty Rate
1.1% -91% vs avg
Unemployment 2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 78.1%
Work From Home 31.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 77.2%
African American 1.2%
Asian 14.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
29.6%
High Blood Pressure
29.6%
Obesity
29.4%
Binge Drinking
18.6%
Physical Inactivity
14.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.9%
Current Asthma
9.2%
Diabetes
9.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
8.6%
Current Smoking
7.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 78.6%
Annual Checkup 82.6%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
4.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
3.6%
Stroke
2.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Powell?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Powell right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-POWELL · Powell

Powell: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Powell

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Powell.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Powell; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Powell, OH? ▼
Powell, OH has a population of 12,972 people, located in Delaware County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Powell? ▼
The median household income in Powell, OH is $195,495 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 1.1%.
What is the median home value in Powell? ▼
The median home value in Powell, OH is $561,500. Median rent is $2,194/month.
What are the top health concerns in Powell? ▼
The top health indicators in Powell include Short Sleep Duration (29.6%), High Blood Pressure (29.6%), Obesity (29.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Powell? ▼
The median age in Powell, OH is 42.8 years. 78.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Powell, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (1.1% here).

Trussville, AL 1.1% North Bellmore, NY 1.2% Broadlands, VA 1% The Pinery, CO 1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($195,495 here).

Prosper, TX $195,281 San Ramon, CA $196,161 South Riding, VA $196,403 The Pinery, CO $194,446

Compare Powell with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Dublin, OH 45K Lewis Center, OH 11K Worthington, OH 14K Delaware, OH 38K Westerville, OH 38K Hilliard, OH 34K Upper Arlington, OH 35K Columbus, OH 913K
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Using Powell's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Powell area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Powell against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Delaware County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.