CurticeOH
A town of 1,535, settled in 1882.
Is Curtice a good place to live?
The best of Curtice’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On the outdoors, just 1 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Curtice has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Curtice for work
Where Curtice’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Curtice grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Curtice is from typical.
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Moving to Curtice: who provides what
Curtice is unincorporated, so Lucas 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 Curtice.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Curtice than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country
The top destinations are Toledo (17%), Oregon (10%) and Perrysburg Township (5%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Curtice dropped by 80, to 57. Also worth knowing: its typical household income stands at $104,000, where Ohio’s towns sit at $75,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. In Curtice, 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Curtice | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $104,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Curtice: four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 20°, and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Curtice home is worth about $209K
For households in Curtice, the share who live in a home they own is 90%. Home values are up 5.4% over the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Curtice is older than the Ohio average
For Curtice, the age of the median resident is 51.9 years. People 65 and older are 24% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 25%, against 32% across Ohio.
| Curtice | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Curtice | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.2% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.4% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Curtice faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 68% come from inland flooding and 14% from tornadoes. For Curtice, the FEMA risk score is 60 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Curtice is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
Among adults 18 to 64 in Curtice, 6.2% have no health insurance. This Ohio town does better than the Ohio average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. In Curtice, 17% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Curtice | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Curtice | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.7% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cedar Point and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Curtice. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Theme parkCedar Point3.8M visitors a year
10 mi MuseumToledo Museum of Art340K visitors a year
11 mi Zoo & aquariumToledo Zoo
15 mi LandmarkFort Meigs
29 mi National MemorialPerry's Victory and International Peace Memorial124K visitors a year
20 mi National park siteRiver Raisin National Battlefield Park134K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Cedar Point: Larry Pieniazek, User:Lar, en:User:Lar (primary), CC BY 2.5 · Toledo Museum of Art: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Zoo: DreamingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Meigs: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · River Raisin National Battlefield Park: Notorious4life (talk), Public domain
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Everything we know about Curtice
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Curtice
About 6 of every 100 Curtice residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Curtice
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Curtice is a census-designated place in northern Allen Township, Ottawa County, and southwestern Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,552. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43412.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 594 ft
- ZIP code
- 43412
Curtice’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Curtice.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtice | — | — | C | — | B+ | B− |
| Oregon | #649 | B− | B− | D | B | B− |
| Jerusalem Township | #608 | B− | B− | — | B | B− |
| Allen Township | #215 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B− |
Curtice has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Curtice, Jerusalem Township and Allen Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Curtice with a neighbor →
Questions about Curtice
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Curtice, OH expensive?
That is 3.2 years of the area's median household income ($65,486 across the Toledo, 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.
What is Curtice, OH known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Michael Deiter and Jordan Kovacs.