Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.1 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Carey gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $184K, 2.6 years of the county’s $70K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 293rd of 987 in Ohio. On civic life, just 18 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do better. 23% of working residents work locally in Carey, where Ohio’s towns sit at 6.8% and U.S. towns at 8%. Carey has 1 place on the National Register.
Where Carey beats most towns.
West End Elementary SchoolWhere Carey’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Carey is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 692 in 1870, 3,565 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 4 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Carey, 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 Carey.
Carey draws workers from Findlay and beyond and has property taxes about half the Ohio norm, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
2,661 jobs are based in Carey, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 1,384 in 2013 to 2,661.
About one in 4 of Carey’s working residents works in town. Carey’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Carey has added 1,277 jobs, to 2,661 in 2023.
| Carey | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $1,333, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Carey is $821 a month. The typical Carey home is worth about $184,000, up 3.4% in a year, 25% below the Ohio typical home. 66% of households own their home in Carey.
| Carey | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $821 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Carey has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Carey beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 17% of Carey adults smoke cigarettes.
| Carey | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Carey | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on. 93 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1981, 93 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Carey.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Shrine Park, at 30 acres.
| Carey | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Park | 0.4 mi | 26 |
| 2. Shrine Park | — | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Carey; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Carey residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Village in Wyandot County, Ohio, US
Carey is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,565 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Carey grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #293 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.