Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,841, settled in 1940.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Amberley grades B+ overall, 277th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. It has 10 miles of trail. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $155K. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $582K, 7.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. 76% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Amberley, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 29%. On civic life, just 116 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Amberley has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House and James Baxter House.
Where Amberley beats most towns.
20.5% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Amberley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 885 in 1950, 3,840 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1898 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Amberley takes its name from Amberley in West Sussex, England, 3,950 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionAmberley takes its name from Amberley, a village in West Sussex, England.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Amberley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
7 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
6 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
8 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Amberley, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Amberley.
Amberley has less tooth loss than most of Ohio and is one of Ohio’s best towns for the outdoors, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Ohio.
At 7.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home (about $582K) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Dillonvale is next at $274K.
98% of Amberley households own their home. The typical Amberley home is worth about $582,000, up 3.5% in a year, more than twice the Ohio typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #2 of 993 in Ohio.
The trail density in Amberley is 2.8 miles per square mile. French Park, at 218 acres with 4.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 9.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. French Park | 4.5 mi | 218 |
| 2. Amberley Green | 4.2 mi | 122 |
| 3. Amberley Park | 0.8 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 5.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide. Against the 2,466 U.S. towns with household incomes like Amberley’s, it is healthier than 63%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Amberley. Amberley beats the Ohio average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 27% of adults feel lonely in Amberley.
| Amberley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Amberley | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.2% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Amberley’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Amberley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.9 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Amberley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Amberley for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Amberley has added 78 jobs, to 733 in 2023. The top destinations are Cincinnati (38%), Blue Ash (6%) and Norwood (3%).
| Amberley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $155,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 20% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Amberley has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
17 within 15 miles of the center of Amberley
About 3 of every 100 Amberley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Amberley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Amberley on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Ohio, United States
Amberley, commonly known as Amberley Village, is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. A residential suburb of Cincinnati, it had a population of 3,840 at the 2020 census. The village developed rapidly following World War II and became an important center of Cincinnati's suburban Jewish community. It contains several large green spaces, including French Park and Amberley Green.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
7 towns share a border with Amberley.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley | #277 | B+ | C− | A− | C | A |
| Cincinnati | #957 | D | C+ | D− | C | C |
| Reading | #757 | C+ | B | C | B− | C+ |
| Ridgewood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Columbia Township | #825 | C | C− | — | C | A− |
| Dillonvale | #163 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Sycamore Township | #462 | B | C− | — | B | A |
| Golf Manor | #798 | C | B+ | — | C | D |
Columbia Township, Dillonvale, Sycamore Township and Golf Manor report no FBI crime data of their own. Ridgewood isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Amberley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Amberley grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #277 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health, A− for safety and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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