Census-designated place · Clermont County, Ohio

Mount Carmel, Ohio

Mount Carmel is a census-designated place in Clermont County, Ohio, part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area. It has 4,890 residents. Mount Carmel, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 51 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,612 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #307 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), drought exposure (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), depression (high) and grocery stores (low).

51Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,612 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #307 of 684 in OH
Population: 4,890 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 2,672.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3952612

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.

Safety79#3,215/15,637
Economy45#8,636/15,631
Housing91#1,412/14,977
Health44#8,790/15,609
Healthcare65#5,511/15,650
Environment28#11,192/15,453
Education60#6,212/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,046/15,650
Community32#10,583/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,199/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mount Carmel, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clermont 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-burdened households · low23.0%
99/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · low0%
94/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAClermont County value
Drug overdose deaths · low6.6 /100k
94/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataClermont County value
Natural hazard risk · low4.6
92/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyClermont County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationClermont County value
Rent as share of income · low26.4%
90/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.5%
1/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClermont County value
Depression · high27.7%
14/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
15/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClermont County value
Students per teacher · high17.9×
15/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsClermont County value
Child poverty rate · high29.6%
17/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Public EV charging ports · low1.7 /10k
18/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyClermont County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.7% (2015-2019) → 23.0% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
22.7% (2015-2019) → 13.7% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$48,838 (2015-2019) → $70,000 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.5% (2015-2019) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
34.7% (2015-2019) → 29.6% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
18.8% (2015-2019) → 23.8% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Mount Carmel, Ohio improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Rent burden−27 points49.7% → 23.0%
Household income+43%$48,838 → $70,000

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Carmel, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.9 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	42%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+5 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Broadband subscriptions	83.5%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	1.40%2015-2019	1.38%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	20%
High school diploma or higher	89.4%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4292015-2019	0.4432020-2024	+0.014	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$48,8382015-2019	$70,0002020-2024	+43%	Improved	78%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	−27 points	Improved	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.9%2015-2019	3.8%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	70%

“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 Mount Carmel, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Carmel, 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, Mount Carmel, Ohio itself moved +5.5 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

4,890 residents (±552)

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

2,232 households (±234)

Mount Carmel, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k20%†454
$25k–50k16%†358
$50k–75k17%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,232 households (±234)

Mount Carmel, Ohio
Ohio share

Own61%1,369
Rent39%863

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,783 workers (±342)

Mount Carmel, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone83%2,318
Carpool3.1%†86
Public transit0.0%0

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 Clermont County, the county holding most of Mount Carmel's residents.

Clermont County has 3,773 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Ohio's), with 55,685 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,357. The Census Bureau also counts 15,631 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,773; 15,631 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 55,685
Average annual pay: $51,357; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	354	16.7	1.08×About typical	2,813	$60,467	1,516
Restaurants and other eating places	326	15.4	0.84×About typical	7,400	$19,662	49
Ambulatory health care services	233	11	0.53×Fewer than typical	3,274	$59,780	584
Services to buildings and dwellings	174	8.2	1.22×About typical	1,140	$40,790	1,064
Limited-service restaurants	172	8.1	1.01×About typical	3,813	$18,202	28
Lessors of real estate	167	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	506	$44,599	1,320
Construction of buildings	137	6.5	0.85×About typical	612	$58,840	590
Full-service restaurants	119	5.6	0.73×Fewer than typical	3,109	$21,804	10
Landscaping services	118	5.6	1.59×More than typical	798	$43,734	338
Building equipment contractors	111	5.2	0.87×About typical	1,139	$60,901	284
Automotive repair and maintenance	110	5.2	1.03×About typical	663	$48,558	196
Religious organizations	106	5	0.90×About typical	760	$26,370	—

Rank places for an industry Open Clermont County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 212,253 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 $3.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mount Carmel, Ohio: $727 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.6M; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $727; US $1,994
Sole-source: 71%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.3%; 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 Army$2.2M62%
Department of the Navy$1.1M31%
Defense Logistics Agency$241.2K6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$14.1K0.4%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1,8200.1%

Top recipients

L3HARRIS FUZING AND ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, INC.$3.5M99.6%
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC$9,3930.3%
GENERAL DATA COMPANY, INC.$4,6910.1%
BEACHS TREES SELECTIVE HARVESTING LLC$1,8200.1%
VETERANS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.6MFY2017
1.7MFY2018
2.3MFY2019
3.4MFY2020
2.2MFY2021
1.4MFY2022
2.4MFY2023
5.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$3.3M93%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$241.2K6.8%
Investigation and security services · 5616$8,6790.2%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$4,6920.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$1,8200.1%

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 Mount Carmel, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Mount Carmel, Ohio's figures are part of those of Clermont County, OH ($160.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Clermont 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.

Mount Carmel, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David J. TaylorR-OH-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

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.

Clermont County74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Clermont 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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