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Amelia's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B+, ranked 370th of 987 in Ohio. A typical home there costs about $310K, 3.8 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Amelia’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Spencer Shank Memorial Park, at 22 acres. Amelia is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Amelia beats most towns.
4,801 counted in 2010 and 12,575 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Amelia is from typical.
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Census counts: 185 in 1880, a low of 185 in 1880, 12,575 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1916 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Amelia. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
17 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
17 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · 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 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
Amelia is unincorporated, so Clermont County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Amelia.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Amelia has 1,595 jobs for its 6,307 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.5 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most working residents leave Amelia for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Amelia has added 224 jobs, to 1,595 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Amelia.
| Amelia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
61% of Amelia households own their home. The typical Amelia home is worth about $310,000, up 3% in a year, 26% above the Ohio typical home.
| Amelia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $957 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Amelia has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 11% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). Amelia’s median age is 33.2 years. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Amelia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.2 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 24% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Amelia | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.1% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Amelia beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Amelia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Amelia | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75.2% | 79.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Amelia is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Amelia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Groh Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 2. Spencer Shank Memorial Park | — | 22 |
| 3. Maple Grove Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Amelia
About 3 of every 100 Amelia residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Amelia’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Amelia is a census-designated place (CDP) and former village in Pierce and Batavia townships in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,575 at the 2020 census. Amelia incorporated in 1900, but in November 2019, residents voted to dissolve the village over the imposition of a local income tax. Amelia is the most populous village in state history to be dissolved and the first to be partitioned between two townships. The Amelia CDP was created by the United States Census Bureau in 2020 and covers an area slightly larger than the previous village boundaries.
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2 towns share a border with Amelia.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia | #370 | B+ | B | — | B− | B− |
| Pierce Township | #381 | B+ | B− | B+ | B− | B− |
| Ohio Township | #647 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C |
Amelia and Ohio Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Amelia with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Amelia grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #370 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
2 notable people were born here, including Dominic Randolph and John H. Wageman.
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