Harbor HillsOH
Home to 1,555 people, the town was settled in 1927.
Is Harbor Hills a good place to live?
The best of Harbor Hills’ subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 158 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on cost of living. Harbor Hills’ trail density is 4.3 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Ohio’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 63 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. Harbor Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Harbor Hills stand out
Where Harbor Hills beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Harbor Hills for work
Where Harbor Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Harbor Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Harbor Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Harbor Hills: who provides what
Harbor Hills is unincorporated, so Licking 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 Harbor Hills.
Harbor Hills faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, fewer of Harbor Hills’ residents live below the poverty line
Harbor Hills had 274 jobs in 2023, down 42 from 2013. In Harbor Hills, the mean commuting time is 29 minutes. Among 994 Ohio towns, just 5 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Harbor Hills. Half the trips to work are shorter than 21 miles.
| Harbor Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 0.6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Harbor Hills’ year
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 17 inches a winter. The seasons in Harbor Hills: chilly winters, warm summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Harbor Hills skews older than Ohio
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (18% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 33% of residents (38% statewide). 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio. Harbor Hills’ median age stands at 42.1 years.
| Harbor Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.1 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.3 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Harbor Hills | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.9% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 3.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.5% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Harbor Hills ranks healthier than 55% of the country’s towns
34% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Harbor Hills. Of 32 CDC measures, Harbor Hills beats the Ohio average on 10 and trails it on 4.
| Harbor Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Harbor Hills | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.2% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Harbor Hills sells for about $600K
In Harbor Hills, nearly nine in ten households live in a home they own. Harbor Hills’ median rent comes in at $1,338 a month. A home in Harbor Hills typically sold within 69 days of listing.
| Harbor Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,338 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ohio Stadium and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harbor Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
30 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
31 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
32 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
39 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
36 mi State parkHocking Hills State ParkPhoto credits
Ohio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hocking Hills State Park: Ramseybuckeye, Public domain
Everything we know about Harbor Hills
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Harbor Hills
About 5 of every 100 Harbor Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Harbor Hills
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Harbor Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,565 at the 2020 census. A post office called Harbor Hills was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1943.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 928 ft
Harbor Hills’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Harbor Hills.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Hills | — | — | C− | — | B− | B |
| Licking Township | #582 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Buckeye Lake | #433 | B | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Thornport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thorn Township | #263 | A− | B | — | B | B− |
| Union Township | #308 | B+ | B− | — | A | B− |
Harbor Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Harbor Hills, Licking Township, Buckeye Lake, Thorn Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Thornport isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Harbor Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Harbor Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harbor Hills, OH expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $407,000, 65% above 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 C−.