Census-designated place · Scioto County, Ohio

Rosemount, Ohio

Rosemount is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, part of the Portsmouth, OH metro area. It has 2,199 residents. Rosemount, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,073 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #608 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), mental health providers (high) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), injury deaths (high) and life expectancy (low).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,073 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #608 of 684 in OH
Population: 2,199 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 382.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3968546

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.

Safety28#11,229/15,637
Economy14#13,375/15,631
Housing40#9,032/14,977
Health1#15,478/15,609
Healthcare31#10,725/15,650
Environment42#8,939/15,453
Education62#5,888/15,649
Infrastructure72#4,363/15,650
Community19#12,656/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#11,010/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Ohio 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Mental health providers · high957 /100k
99/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScioto County value
Drought exposure · low3%
89/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAScioto County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Ohio 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScioto County value
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
83/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScioto County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low8 mi
82/100Ohio 37 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauScioto County value

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high65.3 /100k
1/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataScioto County value
Injury deaths · high188 /100k
1/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScioto County value
Life expectancy · low69.8 yrs
2/100Ohio 75.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScioto County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Premature death · high15,945 /100k
3/100Ohio 9,422 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScioto County value
Depression · high31.1%
3/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,053 (2015-2019) → 2,199 (2020-2024)
+7.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
8.0% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+79 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
14.5% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.8% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
22.9% (2015-2019) → 40.2% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
10.2% (2015-2019) → 25.7% (2020-2024)
+15 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, Rosemount, Ohio improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 6 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

Broadband+34 points65.8% → 100.0%
Bachelor's++15 points10.2% → 25.7%

Declined2

Rent / income+37 points14.5% → 51.0%
Inequality+0.0930.348 → 0.442

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Rosemount, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	33.8 min2020-2024	+11.4 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	65.8%2015-2019	100.0%2020-2024	+34 points	Improved	99%
Effective property tax rate	1.33%2015-2019	1.23%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3482015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.093	Declined	5%
Median household income	$58,8332015-2019	$41,7422020-2024	−29%	Within the margin of error	0%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	14.5%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+37 points	Declined	0%

“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 Rosemount, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rosemount, 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, Rosemount, Ohio itself moved −16.4 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

2,199 residents (±320)

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

978 households (±161)

Rosemount, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k40%†388
$25k–50k13%†126
$50k–75k16%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

978 households (±161)

Rosemount, Ohio
Ohio share

Own74%725
Rent26%†253

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

963 workers (±291)

Rosemount, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone82%†789
Carpool8.1%†78
Public transit

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 Portsmouth, 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 Scioto County, the county holding most of Rosemount's residents.

Scioto County has 1,240 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Ohio's), with 19,524 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,825. The Census Bureau also counts 3,964 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,240; 3,964 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 19,524
Average annual pay: $45,825; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	157	21.8	1.05×About typical	2,956	$65,827	342
Restaurants and other eating places	111	15.4	0.84×About typical	2,452	$17,810	9
Specialty trade contractors	68	9.4	0.61×Fewer than typical	333	$58,775	375
Limited-service restaurants	59	8.2	1.02×About typical	1,325	$17,945	4
Religious organizations	53	7.4	1.33×More than typical	164	$22,232	—
Offices of physicians	48	6.7	1.03×About typical	405	$207,405	39
Full-service restaurants	38	5.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	935	$18,664	5
Lessors of real estate	36	5	0.41×Fewer than typical	91	$30,791	304
General merchandise stores	34	4.7	2.67×More than typical	667	$27,186	41
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	4.4	0.88×About typical	176	$37,898	110
Building equipment contractors	32	4.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	201	$58,378	57
Gasoline stations	31	4.3	1.33×More than typical	331	$23,689	—

Rank places for an industry Open Scioto County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 72,047 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 $4.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Rosemount, Ohio: $2,055 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.5M; +198,348% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,055; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; 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$4.4M97%
Federal Acquisition Service$120.1K

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

See federal money in Scioto 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.

Rosemount, 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.

Scioto County20100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Portsmouth, OH9

Other cities and towns in Scioto 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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