Village · Hamilton County, Ohio

Lockland, Ohio

Lockland is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area. It has 3,498 residents. Lockland, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,183 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #411 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), rent-burdened households (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), child care cost burden (high) and adult smoking (high).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,183 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #411 of 684 in OH
Population: 3,498 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,869.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3944366

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.

Safety11#13,839/15,637
Economy28#11,215/15,631
Housing98#285/14,977
Health19#12,632/15,609
Healthcare73#4,184/15,650
Environment6#14,458/15,453
Education28#11,298/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,845/15,650
Community54#7,139/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#2,923/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lockland, 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

Rent as share of income · low22.3%
98/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low26.6%
94/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
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
Drought exposure · low2%
91/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAHamilton 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

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.4%
1/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHamilton County value
Child care cost burden · high41.2%
6/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Adult smoking · high21.8%
7/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
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
Unemployment rate · high10.6%
8/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
67.6% (2015-2019) → 26.6% (2020-2024)
−41 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
63.7% (2015-2019) → 30.7% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
40.7% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
−31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.9% (2015-2019) → 85.4% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$28,542 (2015-2019) → $57,969 (2020-2024)
+103%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
34.0% (2015-2019) → 22.3% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Lockland, Ohio improved on 8 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 2 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.

Improved8

Child poverty−33 points63.7% → 30.7%
Household income+103%$28,542 → $57,969
Rent burden−41 points67.6% → 26.6%
Inequality−0.1210.476 → 0.355
Price / income−1.1×3.0× → 1.9×

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Lockland, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	19.3 min2020-2024	−4.4 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	63.9%2015-2019	85.4%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	63.7%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	−33 points	Improved	98%
High school diploma or higher	74.4%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−1.1×	Improved	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4762015-2019	0.3552020-2024	−0.121	Improved	98%
Median household income	$28,5422015-2019	$57,9692020-2024	+103%	Improved	99%
Rent as share of income	34.0%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Rent-burdened households	67.6%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	−41 points	Improved	99%

“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 Lockland, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lockland, 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, Lockland, Ohio itself moved +40.4 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

3,498 residents (±20)

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

1,343 households (±172)

Lockland, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k8.4%†113
$25k–50k35%†476
$50k–75k17%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,343 households (±172)

Lockland, Ohio
Ohio share

Own57%761
Rent43%582

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+17.8 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,673 workers (±246)

Lockland, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone76%1,267
Carpool8.7%†145
Public transit2.1%†35

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 Lockland'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

Rank places for an industry Open Hamilton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 831,699 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 $64.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lockland, Ohio: $18,449 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $64.5M; −36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $18,449; US $1,994
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; 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

Department of the Air Force$23.5M36%
Defense Contract Management Agency$22.6M35%
Defense Logistics Agency$13.3M21%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4M6.2%
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$304.7K0.5%
Department of the Navy$238K0.4%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$231.9K0.4%
Department of the Army$138.2K0.2%

Top recipients

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$60.5M94%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$3.4M5.3%
GENERAL TOOL COMPANY$405.2K0.6%
GE ENGINE SERVICES DISTRIBUTION, L.L.C.$138.8K0.2%
S.S. PAPADOPULOS & ASSOCIATES, INC.$55K0.1%

Spending by fiscal year

66.4MFY2017
102.8MFY2018
96MFY2019
184.9MFY2020
68.9MFY2021
77.8MFY2022
138.9MFY2023
91.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$55.3M86%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$6.9M11%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$1.7M2.6%
Other support services · 5619$130K0.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$114.2K0.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Lockland, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Lockland, Ohio's figures are part of those of Hamilton County, OH ($1.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 5.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lockland 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

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

Hamilton County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Hamilton 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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