DelshireOH
A town of 3,907.
Is Delshire a good place to live?
Delshire gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $178K, 2.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades A− overall, 177th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, 22% of its land is conserved. 22% of the land in Delshire is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 53 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Embshoff Woods, at 70 acres.
What makes Delshire stand out
Where Delshire beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Delshire for work
Where Delshire’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Delshire grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Delshire is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Paycor Stadium and 50 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Delshire. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
5 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw25 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
5 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, 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 Delshire: who provides what
Delshire 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 Delshire.
Delshire has homes that are cheap against local pay, is one of Ohio’s best towns for the outdoors and sends most of its workers to Cincinnati and beyond.
Low risk in Delshire, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Delshire.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Delshire stands out in Ohio and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
Delshire has 225 jobs for its 1,553 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 315 in 2013 to 225.
0.9% of Delshire working residents work locally, where Ohio’s towns sit at 6.9% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Delshire fell to 225 in 2023, 90 fewer than in 2013. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Delshire.
| Delshire | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For the outdoors, Delshire earns an A+
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #10 of 993 in Ohio.
Delshire’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile. 0.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Embshoff Woods | 0.8 mi | 70 |
| 2. Delshire Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More children than Ohio overall
Children under 18 are 32% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (18% statewide). The median age in Delshire is 33.2 years. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Delshire | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.2 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Delshire | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.7% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.4% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.4% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
In Delshire, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Delshire has chilly winters and warm summers. 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
On CDC estimates, Delshire is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns
Delshire beats the Ohio average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Delshire adults binge drink.
| Delshire | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Delshire | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3% | 3.7% |
| Fewer adults who get no exercise | 22.3% | 26.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.8% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Delshire sell for about $238K
At 2.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 88% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Delshire
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Delshire
About 5 of every 100 Delshire residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Delshire
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Delshire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Delhi Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,158 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 870 ft
Delshire’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Delshire.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delshire | #177 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Delhi Township | #167 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ | B |
| Cincinnati | #957 | D | C+ | D− | C | C |
| Delhi Hills | #78 | A | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
Delshire and Delhi Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Delshire with a neighbor →
Questions about Delshire
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Delshire, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Delshire grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #177 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools.
Is Delshire, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $178,000, 28% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.