Village · Darke County, Ohio

Versailles, Ohio

Versailles is a village in Darke County, Ohio, part of the Greenville, OH metro area. It has 2,715 residents. Versailles, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,085 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #218 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), rent as share of income (low) and violent crime rate (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), public EV charging ports (low) and job growth (low).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #6,085 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #218 of 684 in OH
Population: 2,715 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,352.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3979912

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety67#5,199/15,637
Economy62#6,015/15,631
Housing98#254/14,977
Health48#8,181/15,609
Healthcare33#10,471/15,650
Environment35#9,968/15,453
Education75#3,986/15,649
Infrastructure67#5,211/15,650
Community48#8,111/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,700/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Versailles, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Darke 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 · low20.3%
100/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low16.8%
99/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Violent crime rate · low48 /100k
98/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationDarke County value
Unemployment rate · low0.3%
96/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Social associations · high14.8 /10k
90/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDarke County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.5%
88/100Ohio 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty

Weaknesses

New business applications · low8.2 /1k
8/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauDarke County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.8 /10k
9/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDarke County value
Job growth · low-2.3%
11/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDarke County value
Flu vaccinations · low32.0%
11/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDarke County value
Suicide rate · high23.3 /100k
12/100Ohio 15.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDarke County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
13/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDarke County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.9% (2015-2019) → 91.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
27.5% (2015-2019) → 20.2% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.4× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.512 (2015-2019) → 0.409 (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Versailles, Ohio improved on 3 of 12 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++7.7 points21.8% → 29.5%
Broadband+12 points79.9% → 91.6%
Household income+19%$59,261 → $70,717

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.4× → 2.9×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Versailles, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	96.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5122015-2019	0.4092020-2024	−0.103	Within the margin of error	96%
Median household income	$59,2612015-2019	$70,7172020-2024	+19%	Improved	32%
Poverty rate	4.5%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.8%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	27.5%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%

“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 Versailles, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Versailles, 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, Versailles, Ohio itself moved +5.1 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

2,715 residents (±287)

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

1,207 households (±133)

Versailles, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k11%†132
$25k–50k22%†264
$50k–75k21%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,207 households (±133)

Versailles, Ohio
Ohio share

Own72%865
Rent28%342

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

1,419 workers (±176)

Versailles, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone89%1,264
Carpool3.7%†52
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 Greenville, 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 Darke County, the county holding most of Versailles's residents.

Darke County has 1,117 employer establishments, 217 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Ohio's), with 15,805 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,453. The Census Bureau also counts 3,831 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,117; 3,831 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 217; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 15,805
Average annual pay: $51,453; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	102	19.9	1.28×More than typical	518	$63,998	394
Truck transportation	68	13.2	2.62×More than typical	728	$64,168	176
Restaurants and other eating places	66	12.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,101	$17,935	13
Religious organizations	58	11.3	2.04×More than typical	271	$15,572	—
Ambulatory health care services	57	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	825	$56,291	122
Construction of buildings	49	9.5	1.26×More than typical	220	$68,959	152
Automotive repair and maintenance	37	7.2	1.43×More than typical	136	$41,515	84
Building equipment contractors	35	6.8	1.13×About typical	236	$67,051	77
Lessors of real estate	33	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	66	$32,742	442
Services to buildings and dwellings	30	5.8	0.87×About typical	306	$49,242	240
Limited-service restaurants	29	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	576	$17,142	8
Banks and credit unions	26	5.1	1.57×More than typical	316	$56,630	—

Rank places for an industry Open Darke County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 51,380 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 $182.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Versailles, Ohio: $67.24 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $182.6K; −8.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $67.24; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 49%; 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 Veterans Affairs$182.6K100%

Top recipients

MIDMARK CORPORATION$182.6K100%

Spending by fiscal year

21.3KFY2017
10.4KFY2018
8.6KFY2019
3.4KFY2020
1.9KFY2021
38.6FY2022
15.1KFY2023
51.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$182.3K99.8%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$2800.2%

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 Versailles, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Versailles, Ohio's figures are part of those of Darke County, OH ($6.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.8% of that total.

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

See federal money in Darke 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.

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

House

Warren DavidsonR-OH-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.2%

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.

Darke County56100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Greenville, OH37

Other cities and towns in Darke 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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