Census-designated place · Hamilton County, Ohio

Delshire, Ohio

Delshire is a census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio, part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area. It has 3,907 residents. Delshire, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 57 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,738 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #254 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), home price to income ratio (low) and access to exercise opportunities (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), child care net cost (high) and property crime rate (high).

57Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,738 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #254 of 684 in OH
Population: 3,907 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 5,602.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3921610

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 83 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety11#13,882/15,637
Economy46#8,418/15,631
Housing83#2,516/14,977
Health47#8,248/15,609
Healthcare72#4,452/15,650
Environment6#14,451/15,453
Education47#8,320/15,650
Infrastructure89#1,799/15,650
Community65#5,443/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#2,923/15,651
Nature & outdoors—

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Delshire, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hamilton County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Ohio 9%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAHamilton County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
93/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Access to exercise opportunities · high98.0%
92/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
91/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHamilton County value
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
90/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Mental health providers · high523 /100k
89/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.4%
1/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHamilton County value
Child care net cost · high41.2%
6/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Property crime rate · high2,303 /100k
7/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHamilton County value
Median Air Quality Index · high54
7/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHamilton County value
Homicide rate · high10.6 /100k
8/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.7 /100kJun 2025–May 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHamilton County value
Days with unhealthy air · high3.6%
11/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHamilton County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
3,483 (2015-2019) → 3,907 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
33.2% (2015-2019) → 63.3% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.9% (2015-2019) → 33.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Households subscribed to broadbandImproving
87.0% (2015-2019) → 97.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
18.0% (2015-2019) → 24.6% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
11.5% (2015-2019) → 17.4% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Delshire, Ohio improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Delshire, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.4 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Effective property tax rate	1.97%2015-2019	1.57%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
High school diploma or higher	91.9%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	57%
Households subscribed to broadband	87.0%2015-2019	97.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3292015-2019	0.3502020-2024	+0.022	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$72,8542015-2019	$91,3722020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	22.9%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent-burdened households	33.2%2015-2019	63.3%2020-2024	+30 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	65%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Delshire, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Delshire, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Delshire, Ohio itself moved −11.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,907 residents (±629)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (+6.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,907 residents (±629)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

White71%2,791
Black16%†628
Hispanic or Latino1.0%†38

Education

2,278 residents (±334)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma5.2%†118
High school or GED28%646
Some college20%†464

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,297 households (±240)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k12%†155
$25k–50k9.4%†122
$50k–75k18%†239
$75k–100k15%†201
$100k–150k29%†372
$150k–200k11%†149
$200k or more4.5%†59

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,297 households (±240)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Own77%1,003
Rent23%†294

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

294 households (±152)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75013%†39
$750–1,00022%†66
$1,000–1,50039%†115

Home values

1,003 homes (±210)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k25%†246
$150k–250k62%†619
$250k–400k12%†117

Age of homes

1,390 homes (±242)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20090.0%0
1980–19998.7%†121

Size of homes

1,390 homes (±242)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.4%†6
2 bedrooms7.9%†110

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,764 workers (±309)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone87%1,543
Carpool8.4%†149
Public transit0.6%†10
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.1%†54
Other0.5%†8

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,710 workers (±310)

Delshire, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min20%†340
15–29 min33%†571
30–44 min41%706

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hamilton County, the county holding most of Delshire's residents.

Hamilton County has 21,087 employer establishments, 254 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 1.17× Ohio's), with 529,211 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,726. The Census Bureau also counts 69,341 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 21,087; 69,341 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 254; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 529,211
Average annual pay: $70,726; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hamilton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	1,678	20.2	1.10×About typical	37,707	$22,525	282
Ambulatory health care services	1,609	19.3	0.93×About typical	30,698	$90,670	3,666
Lessors of real estate	974	11.7	0.95×About typical	7,165	$79,720	7,634
Specialty trade contractors	914	11	0.71×Fewer than typical	15,614	$74,483	3,495
Limited-service restaurants	751	9	1.13×About typical	14,814	$19,694	123
Full-service restaurants	714	8.6	1.12×About typical	20,201	$25,231	104
Management, scientific and technical consulting	529	6.4	0.95×About typical	5,421	$125,563	3,113
Services to buildings and dwellings	514	6.2	0.92×About typical	8,538	$33,519	3,552
Religious organizations	511	6.1	1.11×About typical	6,034	$30,686	—
Construction of buildings	474	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	4,523	$96,161	1,444
Offices of physicians	456	5.5	0.85×About typical	14,506	$134,404	691
Personal care services	421	5.1	1.06×About typical	2,905	$32,345	3,342

Public schools

Public schools located in Delshire, Ohio and the districts that run them (NCES Common Core of Data). Students per teacher counts full-time-equivalent teachers, not the size of each class.

Delshire, Ohio has 1 public schools with 384 students and 20.2 students per teacher (Ohio: 17.2, US: 15.2).

Elementary schools: 1
Middle schools: 0
High schools: 0
Students per teacher: 20.2; US: 15.2

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Oak Hills Local	1	384	$13,105

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	District
Delshire Elementary School	K–5	384	20.2	Oak Hills Local

All 1 schools

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Delshire, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $2,158).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,158
Sole-source: —; US 31%
Single offer: —; US 8.9%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.2KFY2017
402.4KFY2018
-361.7KFY2019
2.5KFY2020
-261.7FY2021
477.5FY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 17, 2026, loaded Oct 17, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Delshire, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Delshire, Ohio's figures are part of those of Hamilton County, OH ($1.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Delshire is mostly in Hamilton County.

See federal money in Hamilton County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Delshire, Ohio is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).