Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,985.
Choctaw Lake’s best subject grade is an A+ for incomes; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Choctaw Lake’s median household income is $142,000, against $75,000 in Ohio’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 77 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns do better. Only 7 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. Choctaw Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,546 counted in 2010 and 2,047 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Choctaw Lake is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,234 in 1990, 2,047 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1907 on.
Explore the history →Choctaw Lake is unincorporated, so Madison 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 Choctaw Lake.
The typical Choctaw Lake home is worth about $437,000, up 2.2% in a year, 78% above the Ohio typical home. 91% of households own their home in Choctaw Lake, above both the Ohio town median (77%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%).
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Choctaw Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Choctaw Lake is 30 minutes. Jobs based in Choctaw Lake grew to 86 in 2023, 59 more than in 2013.
| Choctaw Lake | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Choctaw Lake beats the Ohio average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Choctaw Lake.
| Choctaw Lake | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Choctaw Lake | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.1% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Choctaw Lake has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 41% of Choctaw Lake adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Choctaw Lake | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Choctaw Lake | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.5% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.3% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Choctaw Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
35 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
25 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
27 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
24 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
31 mi MountainCampbell HillOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Choctaw Lake
About 8 of every 100 Choctaw Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Choctaw Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Choctaw Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,047 at the 2020 census, up from 1,546 in 2010.
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That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($81,945 across the Columbus, 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 C+.
