Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Crooksville’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D for health. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Crooksville, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 137 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on cost of living. The median household income is $47K, and 31% of residents live below the poverty line. West School is on the National Register of Historic Places. Crooksville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Crooksville beats most towns.
Where Crooksville’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 Crooksville is from typical.
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Census counts: 835 in 1900, a peak of 3,311 in 1920, 2,418 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 3 maps from 1910 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crooksville, 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 Crooksville.
Crooksville beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 22% of Crooksville adults report frequent mental distress, against 18% in Ohio’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 43% of Crooksville adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Crooksville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Crooksville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 21.8% | 15.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 18.8% | 14.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Crooksville home is worth about $143,000, down 1.6% in a year, 42% below the Ohio typical home. 60% of households own their home in Crooksville.
| Crooksville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $721 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Crooksville for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Crooksville has added 78 jobs, to 561 in 2023. The top destinations are Zanesville (16%), Columbus (8%) and New Lexington (6%).
| Crooksville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $47,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crooksville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Crooksville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Crooksville
About 2 of every 100 Crooksville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 notable people were born in Crooksville.
Village in Ohio, United States
Crooksville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States, along Moxahala Creek. The population was 2,418 at the 2020 census. It was the home of Hull pottery, one of the best known Ohio potteries.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.
3 notable people were born here, including Joseph T. Collins and Ralph W. Hull.
