Guilford LakeOH
1,307 people live in this town in Ohio.
Is Guilford Lake a good place to live?
The best of Guilford Lake’s subject grades is an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for health. Guilford Lake’s mean commuting time is 32 minutes, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 27% of the land in Guilford Lake is conserved, where Ohio’s towns sit at 3.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 132 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is Guilford Lake State Park, at 504 acres. Guilford Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Guilford Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Guilford Lake is from typical.
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What makes Guilford Lake stand out
Where Guilford Lake beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Guilford Lake | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 8% |
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Guilford Lake.
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, more of Guilford Lake’s adults have high blood pressure
Guilford Lake: 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Against the Ohio average, Guilford Lake comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 11.
| Guilford Lake | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Guilford Lake | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.3% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Ohio overall
In Guilford Lake, a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 18 to 34 are 4% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 53% of residents (38% statewide). For Guilford Lake, the age of the median resident is 49.5 years.
| Guilford Lake | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Guilford Lake | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.5% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 25.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.5% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Guilford Lake State Park | — | 504 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Guilford Lake’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most people who work leave Guilford Lake to do it: just 1% work in town. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 5.7%. The top destinations are Minerva (10%), Salem (9%) and Alliance (7%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles.
| Guilford Lake | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Guilford Lake, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
The typical July afternoon high in Guilford Lake is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Guilford Lake, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts four fifths of Guilford Lake’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to tornadoes. The town’s risk rating from FEMA is 40 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of households in Guilford Lake own their home than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Guilford Lake
Moving to Guilford Lake: who provides what
Guilford Lake is unincorporated, so Columbiana 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.
99% of working residents leave Guilford Lake for work
Where Guilford Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Guilford Lake
About 0 of every 100 Guilford Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Guilford Lake
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Guilford Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. It surrounds the eponymous Guilford Lake reservoir. The population was 1,188 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,132 ft
Questions about Guilford Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Guilford Lake, OH a good place to live?
1,307 people live in this town in Ohio.
Is Guilford Lake, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $216,000, 12% 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+.
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