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A town of 4,667, settled in 1799. 58% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Cedarville is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, among the top 2% of U.S. towns. Its public schools beat 95% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation, residents are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in incomes. Cedarville is a college campus (most residents are students), so it isn’t ranked among Ohio’s towns. Cedarville’s trail density is 4.9 miles per square mile, above both the Ohio town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). No town among the 993 in Ohio we compare has a lower average trip to work than Cedarville. Cedarville is home to Cedarville University.
Where Cedarville beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Cedarville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 3.5% | 13.2% |
4.2% 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 Cedarville is from typical.
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Census counts: 688 in 1860, a low of 688 in 1860, 4,257 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1888 and 3 maps from 1955 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedarville, 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 Cedarville.
Cedarville is shaped by its college students, draws workers from Xenia and beyond and has less diabetes than most of Ohio.
6.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Patterson Park, at 64 acres. More trails than any other town in Ohio.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Patterson Park | 0.4 mi | 64 |
| 2. Cedarville Park (downtown) | 0.3 mi | 14 |
| 3. Indian Mound Reserve | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1,991 jobs are based in Cedarville, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 13.3 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
About one in 4 of Cedarville’s working residents works in town. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Cedarville, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Cedarville grew to 1,991 in 2023, 1,016 more than in 2013.
| Cedarville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 25% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Ohio is diabetes: 3.5% of its 3,909 adults have diabetes, against 13.2% statewide.
6.6% of adults smoke cigarettes in Cedarville. Only 1 of the 993 Ohio towns we compare have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Cedarville. 15% of adults get no exercise outside work in Cedarville.
| Cedarville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.6% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 3.5% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 7.7% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Cedarville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 3.5% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 1% | 3.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.8% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Cedarville home is worth about $329,000, up 6.3% in a year, 34% above the Ohio typical home. 55% of Cedarville households own their home.
| Cedarville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $872 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cedarville has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedarville. Close and well known come first.
16 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year16 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
12 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
14 mi MuseumHuffman Prairie
14 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a yearNational 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 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
10 within 15 miles of the center of Cedarville
College town 70 of every 100 Cedarville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Cedarville on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Cedarville.
Village in Ohio, United States
Cedarville is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The village is within the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,257 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Cedarville grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns. Cedarville is a college campus (most residents are students), so it isn’t ranked among Ohio’s towns. It grades A for health and A+ for schools, and has the most trail per square mile in the state.
Not for the area. That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($71,739 across the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
