Census-designated place · Montgomery County, Ohio

Fort McKinley, Ohio

Fort McKinley is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Ohio, part of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area. It has 3,508 residents. Fort McKinley, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,661 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #641 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), mental health care shortage (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), adult obesity (high) and physical inactivity (high).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,661 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #641 of 684 in OH
Population: 3,508 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,630.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3927846

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 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.

Safety7#14,502/15,637
Economy12#13,813/15,631
Housing75#3,676/14,977
Health7#14,475/15,609
Healthcare78#3,454/15,650
Environment14#13,210/15,453
Education11#13,884/15,649
Infrastructure50#7,837/15,650
Community30#10,988/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,651/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fort McKinley, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Montgomery 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

Home price to income ratio · low1.3×
99/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMontgomery County value
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMontgomery County value
Natural hazard risk · low8.9
85/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMontgomery County value
Distance to an airport · low12 mi
83/100Ohio 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMontgomery County value
Primary care physicians · high96 /100k
81/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high45.2%
2/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Adult obesity · high46.6%
3/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high37.3%
5/100Ohio 28.1%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · low22.7%
6/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMontgomery County value
Loneliness · high41.4%
6/100Ohio 36.0%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high138 /100k
6/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,925 (2016-2020) → 3,508 (2020-2024)
+20%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2016-2020) → 31.5% (2020-2024)
−20 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
78.1% (2016-2020) → 62.1% (2020-2024)
−16 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
37.6% (2016-2020) → 50.4% (2020-2024)
+13 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
82.5% (2016-2020) → 91.3% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
12.4% (2016-2020) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Fort McKinley, Ohio over five years.

Cities and towns like Fort McKinley, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fort McKinley, 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.

No place that looked like Fort McKinley, Ohio five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

3,508 residents (±1,120)

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

† 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

3,508 residents (±1,120)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

White13%†446
Black69%†2,433
Hispanic or Latino1.7%†60

Education

2,138 residents (±518)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma8.7%†187
High school or GED44%†931
Some college30%†651

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

1,220 households (±209)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k23%†283
$25k–50k35%†422
$50k–75k20%†250
$75k–100k7.4%†90
$100k–150k6.2%†76
$150k–200k8.1%†99
$200k or more0.0%0

† 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

1,220 households (±209)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Own64%778
Rent36%†442

† 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

438 households (±200)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75010%†45
$750–1,00033%†146
$1,000–1,50056%†247

Home values

778 homes (±212)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k83%†643
$150k–250k14%†109
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,417 homes (±235)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–200914%†192
1980–199914%†195

Size of homes

1,417 homes (±235)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio7.9%†112
1 bedroom5.7%†81
2 bedrooms15%†210

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

1,705 workers (±650)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone68%†1,155
Carpool23%†396
Public transit0.5%†8
Walk1.7%†29
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.6%†61
Other3.3%†56

† 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

1,644 workers (±642)

Fort McKinley, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min32%†527
15–29 min52%†861
30–44 min8.7%†143

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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

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 Montgomery County, the county holding most of Fort McKinley's residents.

Montgomery County has 10,930 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Ohio's), with 234,881 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,100. The Census Bureau also counts 38,795 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,930; 38,795 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 234,881
Average annual pay: $59,100; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,081	20.2	0.97×About typical	22,675	$76,461	2,147
Restaurants and other eating places	927	17.3	0.94×About typical	20,102	$20,842	193
Limited-service restaurants	515	9.6	1.20×About typical	10,329	$19,049	95
Specialty trade contractors	493	9.2	0.60×Fewer than typical	6,457	$65,067	2,393
Lessors of real estate	421	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	2,325	$54,072	3,291
Offices of physicians	386	7.2	1.11×About typical	6,687	$135,449	364
Religious organizations	345	6.4	1.16×About typical	2,797	$25,550	—
Full-service restaurants	302	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	8,395	$23,444	71
Services to buildings and dwellings	290	5.4	0.80×About typical	2,854	$41,022	2,230
Building equipment contractors	242	4.5	0.75×Fewer than typical	4,344	$65,882	397
Automotive repair and maintenance	233	4.4	0.87×About typical	1,498	$42,542	397
Offices of other health practitioners	221	4.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,615	$44,242	758

Rank places for an industry Open Montgomery County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 534,910 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fort McKinley, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

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

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR SYSTEMS, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

41.5KFY2017
10.9KFY2018
39.5KFY2019
-8.7FY2020
-30.2KFY2021
3.6KFY2022
67.6KFY2023
184.3KFY2024
381.6K

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Fort McKinley, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Fort McKinley, Ohio's figures are part of those of Montgomery County, OH ($737.5M 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: Fort McKinley is mostly in Montgomery County.

See federal money in Montgomery 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.

Fort McKinley, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael R. TurnerR-OH-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Montgomery County45100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH58

Other cities and towns in Montgomery County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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