DelshireOH
This town in Ohio has a population of 3,907.
Is Delshire a good place to live?
Delshire’s standout strength is schools (B+): its schools outperform 73% of the state's. With an A− overall, Delshire is better than 84% of U.S. towns and ranks 177th of 987 in Ohio. Cost of living is a strength too: a typical home costs about $178K, 2.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for incomes and B for walkability. 22% of the land locally 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. The town’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, above both the Ohio town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
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
33% of Delshire’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 31%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 80% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 2 claims in the town since 1998.
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.
Delshire: 17% of residents live below the poverty line. Jobs in the town fell by 90 from 2013 to 2023, to 225. The typical household income for Delshire comes to $91,000. The top destinations are Cincinnati (33%), Delhi Township (5%) and Blue Ash (3%).
| 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+
That grade ranks #10 of 993 in Ohio.
Trails run 0.9 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Delshire | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 22% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 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
29% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 32% across Ohio. Children under 18 are nearly a third of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (18% statewide). For Delshire, the median age is 33.2 years.
| 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
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Delshire’s year
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 23°, with about 16 inches of snow 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
The share of adults in Delshire who have high blood pressure: 33%. This Ohio town beats the Ohio average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults in the town have been diagnosed with depression; 12% report frequent physical distress.
| 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% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 28% | 25% |
| 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 $270K
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.
For Delshire, the midpoint rent is $1,101 a month. In Delshire, 77% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Delshire | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,101 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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+.