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Delphos gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $199K, 3.1 years of the Lima metro’s $64K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 407th of 987 in Ohio. On the plus side, its public schools beat 81% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. Delphos has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them St. John Catholic Church and Marks-Family House. 24% of residents are 65 or older in Delphos, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. The biggest park or preserve is Stadium Park, at 37 acres.
Where Delphos beats most towns.
St. John Catholic ChurchWhere Delphos’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 Delphos is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 374 in 1850, 7,117 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 5 maps from 1911 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Delphos, 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 Delphos.
Delphos is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has property taxes about half the Ohio norm, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
2.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Delphos’ trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Delphos | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stadium Park | 0.3 mi | 37 |
| 2. Water Works Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
| 3. Garfield Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Delphos for work: only 15% work in town. Since 2013, Delphos has lost 453 jobs, to 2,293 in 2023. The median household income in Delphos is $61,000.
| Delphos | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,184 U.S. towns with household incomes like Delphos’s, it is less healthy than 56%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Delphos beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Delphos.
| Delphos | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Delphos | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Delphos has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median property tax bill is $1,138, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Typical home values rose 4.9% in the year to September 2026.
| Delphos | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $812 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Delphos's reported crime rate is below Ohio's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 11 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Delphos | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.2 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $120 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1981, 40 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Delphos.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Delphos
About 1 of every 100 Delphos residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 places in Delphos on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Delphos.
City in Ohio, US
Delphos is a city in Allen and Van Wert counties in the U.S. state of Ohio approximately 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Lima and 13 mi (21 km) east of Van Wert. The population was 7,117 at the 2020 census. The Allen County portion of Delphos is part of the Lima, Ohio metropolitan area, while the Van Wert County portion is part of the Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta, OH, combined statistical area.
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2 towns share a border with Delphos.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delphos | #407 | B+ | A | — | A− | C |
| Marion Township | #400 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Jennings Township | — | — | A | — | A+ | B− |
Jennings Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Delphos, Marion Township and Jennings Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Delphos with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Delphos grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #407 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and A− for schools.
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.
9 notable people were born here, including Neely Edwards and Leslie Peltier.
