Village · Holmes County, Ohio

Killbuck, Ohio

Killbuck is a village in Holmes County, Ohio. It has 1,102 residents. Killbuck, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 46 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,427 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #358 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), preventable hospital stays (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on voter turnout (low), mental health providers (low) and pharmacies (low).

46Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,427 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #358 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,102 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 3,049.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3940180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety90#1,594/15,637
Economy40#9,340/15,631
Housing89#1,581/14,977
Health48#8,070/15,609
Healthcare13#13,663/15,650
Environment58#6,517/15,453
Education53#7,315/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,279/15,650
Community22#12,131/15,651
Leisure & amenities17#12,928/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low0 /100k
100/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHolmes County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,130 /100k
99/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Property crime rate · low294 /100k
97/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHolmes County value
Injury deaths · low46 /100k
97/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Grocery stores · high3.3 /10k
96/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHolmes 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

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low40.9%
1/100Ohio 65.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHolmes County value
Mental health providers · low18 /100k
1/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHolmes County value
Pharmacies · low0.2 /10k
2/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHolmes County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low7.7%
4/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHolmes County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.8 /10k
4/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHolmes County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
879 (2015-2019) → 1,102 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
46.6% (2015-2019) → 6.2% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.9% (2015-2019) → 60.9% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
17.4% (2015-2019) → 32.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
24.7% (2015-2019) → 10.0% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,250 (2015-2019) → $78,125 (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Killbuck, Ohio improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved2

Poverty−15 points24.7% → 10.0%
Household income+69%$46,250 → $78,125

Declined1

Rent / income+15 points17.4% → 32.3%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Killbuck, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	−3.7 min	Within the margin of error	84%
Broadband subscriptions	69.8%2015-2019	78.8%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Effective property tax rate	1.09%2015-2019	0.89%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	80.8%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3592015-2019	0.3582020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$46,2502015-2019	$78,1252020-2024	+69%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	24.7%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	97%
Rent as share of income	17.4%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	5%
Rent-burdened households	30.9%2015-2019	60.9%2020-2024	+30 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.1%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“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 Killbuck, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Killbuck, 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, Killbuck, Ohio itself moved −8.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,102 residents (±286)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

453 households (±118)

Killbuck, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k20%†90
$25k–50k9.3%†42
$50k–75k20%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

453 households (±118)

Killbuck, Ohio
Ohio share

Own84%380
Rent16%†73

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.5 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

605 workers (±183)

Killbuck, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone75%†454
Carpool13%†78
Public transit

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 Holmes County, the county holding most of Killbuck's residents.

Holmes County has 1,413 employer establishments, 318 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248; 1.47× Ohio's), with 19,733 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,774. The Census Bureau also counts 6,431 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,413; 6,431 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 318; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 19,733
Average annual pay: $49,774; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	204	45.9	2.97×More than typical	1,345	$64,667	981
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	102	23	7.29×More than typical	707	$62,890	401
Construction of buildings	82	18.5	2.44×More than typical	568	$60,361	282
Truck transportation	60	13.5	2.67×More than typical	623	$63,573	237
Religious organizations	46	10.4	1.87×More than typical	191	$21,419	—
Restaurants and other eating places	45	10.1	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,047	$19,795	12
Ambulatory health care services	44	9.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	338	$53,358	87
Other specialty trade contractors	41	9.2	3.68×More than typical	153	$85,386	280
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	37	8.3	5.22×More than typical	1,632	$68,208	45
Building finishing contractors	32	7.2	1.90×More than typical	249	$60,863	206
Building equipment contractors	29	6.5	1.09×About typical	236	$60,572	94
Services to buildings and dwellings	29	6.5	0.97×About typical	72	$59,833	303

Rank places for an industry Open Holmes County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,407 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Holmes 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.

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

House

Senate

County

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

Holmes County39100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Holmes 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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