HighpointOH
A town of 1,132.
Is Highpoint a good place to live?
The best of Highpoint’s subject grades is an A for health; the weakest is a C for walkability. On health, just 100 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Highpoint’s median age is 53.9 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Highpoint has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Highpoint stand out
Where Highpoint beats most towns.
1,132 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Highpoint grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Highpoint is from typical.
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Kings Island and 66 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Highpoint. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
36 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
14 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
13 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Moving to Highpoint: who provides what
Highpoint 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 Highpoint.
On CDC estimates, Highpoint is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns
Highpoint beats the Ohio average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 10% of Highpoint adults report frequent physical distress, where Ohio’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 14%. 19% of adults get no exercise outside work in Highpoint.
| Highpoint | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Highpoint | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.1% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Highpoint, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Highpoint has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Since 2013, Highpoint has lost 27 jobs, to 19 in 2023. The top destinations are Cincinnati (15%), Mason (7%) and West Chester Township (7%).
| Highpoint | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Highpoint has four seasons and pleasant summers
Highpoint has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 1st Avenue Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Highpoint sells for about $195K at the median
Highpoint’s median rent is $1,363 a month.
| Highpoint | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,363 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Highpoint
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Highpoint
About 14 of every 100 Highpoint residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
100% of working residents leave Highpoint for work
Where Highpoint’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Highpoint
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States
Highpoint (also known as High Point) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, located about 20 miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,558. Highpoint was founded in the 19th century.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 873 ft
Questions about Highpoint
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Highpoint, OH expensive?
That is 2.4 years of the area's median household income ($81,120 across the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.