Fort McKinleyOH
Population 3,508: a town platted in 1914.
Is Fort McKinley a good place to live?
Fort McKinley grades low on several counts. Health is its weak spot: residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The town grades C− overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns. That places it 928th of 987 in Ohio. Schools are weaker too: its public schools trail 82% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. Its strongest is hazard risk (A+). Homes run about $88K for a typical one, 1.2 times the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. Walkability is a strength too: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 77% of U.S. towns.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Fort McKinley stand out
Where Fort McKinley beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
How Fort McKinley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Fort McKinley is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 4%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fort McKinley. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Theme parkKings Island3.2M visitors a year8 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
4 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a year
4 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a year
6 mi GardenWoodland Cemetery and ArboretumPhoto credits
National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum: Dcb1995 at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Fort McKinley: who provides what
Fort McKinley is unincorporated, so Montgomery 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 Fort McKinley.
Fort McKinley has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Ohio and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Fort McKinley’s grade for cost of living is a B
At 1.2 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $88K) costs less against local pay than in any other Ohio town; that ratio is one input to that grade. Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Trotwood is next at $138K.
Homes sold in Fort McKinley spent a median 43 days on the market. 64% of Fort McKinley households live in a home they own, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. The typical home value in the town is about $88,000, down 1.2% in a year, 64% below the Ohio typical home.
| Fort McKinley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,049 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A larger share of adults in Fort McKinley feel lonely than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
49% of Fort McKinley adults sleep under 7 hours, above both the Ohio town median (38%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). Only 9 of the 993 Ohio towns we compare have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Fort McKinley. Add to that, the share of adults in Fort McKinley who report frequent mental distress: 20%. This Ohio town does better than the Ohio average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 22.
| Fort McKinley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 38% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Fort McKinley | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.6% | 16.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.7% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 19.1% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fort McKinley stands out in Ohio and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is lower
Expected losses in Fort McKinley break down as 50% from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Fort McKinley
The Dayton Mcd weather station records that about 39 days a year reach 90°, the highest of 2,573 Ohio places with climate records.
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Fort McKinley’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here fell from 1,220 in 2013 to 965.
The typical journey to work for Fort McKinley comes to 20 minutes. Only 1% of working residents stay in Fort McKinley for work; the rest commute out. Among residents in the town, 21% live below the poverty line. Jobs based in the town fell to 965 in 2023, 255 fewer than in 2013.
| Fort McKinley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Fort McKinley
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Fort McKinley
About 10 of every 100 Fort McKinley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Fort McKinley
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Fort McKinley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Harrison Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,473. Fort McKinley is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Fort McKinley was platted in 1914.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 922 ft
Fort McKinley’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Fort McKinley.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort McKinley | #928 | C− | B | — | C− | D− |
| Harrison Township | #876 | C− | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Dayton | #974 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Shiloh | #948 | D | B | — | C− | D |
| Trotwood | #971 | D | B | D | C− | D |
Fort McKinley, Harrison Township and Shiloh report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fort McKinley with a neighbor →
Questions about Fort McKinley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fort McKinley, OH a good place to live?
Fort McKinley grades C− overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #928 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Fort McKinley, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.