Cherry GroveOH
The town, home to 4,176 people, lies in Ohio.
Why does Cherry Grove grade so well?
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Schools are its strong suit — its schools rank ahead of 93% of Ohio towns. Cherry Grove grades A+ overall and ranks 43rd of 987 in Ohio. Set against the rest, it does better than 96% of U.S. towns. Add health to its strengths: residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The catch is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $337K, 4.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Only 52 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Juilfs Park, at 45 acres.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Cherry Grove stand out
Where Cherry Grove beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Cherry Grove for work
Where Cherry Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cherry Grove grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Cherry Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kings Island and 53 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cherry Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw35 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
11 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Kings 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 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Cherry Grove: who provides what
Cherry Grove is unincorporated, so Hamilton 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cherry Grove.
Cherry Grove has less food insecurity than most of Ohio and has household incomes well above the Ohio norm, but it has property taxes 1.6 times the Ohio norm.
For health, Cherry Grove earns an A
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 6.6% of its 3,184 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
Nearly a fifth of adults binge drink in Cherry Grove. Of 32 CDC measures, Cherry Grove beats the Ohio average on 24 and trails it on 1.
| Cherry Grove | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 28% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cherry Grove | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 14.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.5% | 15.3% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.4% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cherry Grove faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The FEMA risk score for Cherry Grove comes to 16 of 100, below both Ohio’s towns (23 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). The national flood insurance program has paid one claim here since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 45% come from inland flooding and 24% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, the median rent in Cherry Grove is higher
The median property tax bill is $4,524, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Typical home values rose 3.6% in the year to September 2026. 91% of households own their home in Cherry Grove, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. On the market here: a median 38 days to sell.
| Cherry Grove | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,859 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 91% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cherry Grove stands out in Ohio and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
The median commute is under 11 miles. For Cherry Grove, the typical household income is $118,000. Jobs based in Cherry Grove grew to 1,437 in 2023, 76 more than in 2013. 16% of Cherry Grove workers work from home.
| Cherry Grove | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $118,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Cherry Grove’s year
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6.1% of Cherry Grove is conserved land
Trails run 0.9 miles in 1 park or preserve. Cherry Grove’s density of trails stands at 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Cherry Grove | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Juilfs Park | 0.9 mi | 45 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Cherry Grove
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Cherry Grove
About 3 of every 100 Cherry Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Cherry Grove
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Cherry Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,419 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 873 ft
Cherry Grove’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Cherry Grove.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Grove | #43 | A+ | C | — | A | A |
| Forestville | #112 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Dry Run | #126 | A | C− | — | A | A |
Cherry Grove, Forestville and Dry Run report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cherry Grove with a neighbor →
Questions about Cherry Grove
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cherry Grove, OH a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Cherry Grove grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #43 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health and A for schools.
Is Cherry Grove, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.