BeavercreekOH
A town of 48,134, settled in 1980.
Is Beavercreek a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Beavercreek grades B+ overall, ranked 336th of 987 in Ohio. Natural-hazard risk is low. Its public schools beat 86% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $333K for a typical one and 4.6 times the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. 52% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Beavercreek, against 24% in Ohio’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On history, just 15 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Creekside Reserve, 107 acres with 1.5 miles of trail.
What makes Beavercreek stand out
Where Beavercreek beats most towns.
How Beavercreek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Beavercreek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 27 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beavercreek. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw30 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year4 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
5 mi MuseumHuffman Prairie
4 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a yearPhoto credits
National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Beavercreek: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beavercreek, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Beavercreek.
Beavercreek has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Ohio, has less food insecurity than most of Ohio and has seen reported crime fall beyond ordinary swings.
Beavercreek earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 7.8% of its 36,625 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
10% of Beavercreek adults smoke cigarettes. Beavercreek beats the Ohio average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of Beavercreek adults report frequent physical distress.
| Beavercreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Beavercreek | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 15.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Beavercreek, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 26 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Beavercreek.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Beavercreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Creekside Reserve | 1.5 mi | 107 |
| 2. Rotary Park | 0.9 mi | 83 |
| 3. Dominick Lofino Park | 0.7 mi | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Beavercreek earns a C− for cost of living
The median property tax bill is $5,383, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Beavercreek is $1,457 a month. The typical Beavercreek home is worth about $333,000, up 1.7% in a year, 35% above the Ohio typical home.
| Beavercreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,457 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Beavercreek
The Dayton Mcd weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 39 days a year reach 90°, the highest of 2,573 Ohio places with climate records.
Beavercreek has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Beavercreek has 1.4 jobs for every working resident, and 23,161 people commute in
Most working residents leave Beavercreek for work: only 16% work in town. Beavercreek’s median household income is $110,000. Jobs based in Beavercreek grew to 26,111 in 2023, 4,166 more than in 2013.
| Beavercreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Beavercreek sees more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns
Reported crimes fell from 1,007 to 890 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Beavercreek
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Beavercreek
About 6 of every 100 Beavercreek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Famous people from Beavercreek
3 notable people were born in Beavercreek.
About Beavercreek
City in Ohio, United States
Beavercreek is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 46,549 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in the county.
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- Established
- 1980
- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 873 ft
- Area code
- 937
Beavercreek’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Beavercreek.
Fairborn next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Beavercreek’s A) and higher for cost of living (B to C−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavercreek | #336 | B+ | C− | C+ | A | A |
| Beavercreek Township | #316 | B+ | C− | — | A | B |
| Kettering | #234 | A− | C+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Fairborn | #668 | C+ | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Wright-Patterson AFB | — | — | C | — | C+ | A− |
| Riverside | #802 | C | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Sugarcreek Township | #227 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
Wright-Patterson AFB has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Beavercreek Township, Wright-Patterson AFB, Riverside and Sugarcreek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Beavercreek with a neighbor →
Questions about Beavercreek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beavercreek, OH a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Beavercreek grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #336 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health, C+ for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Beavercreek, OH expensive?
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−.
What is Beavercreek, OH known for?
3 notable people were born here, including Jerome Tillman and Cris Shale.