Holiday ValleyOH
1,660 residents make their home in this town in Ohio.
Is Holiday Valley a good place to live?
Holiday Valley’s best subject grade is an A for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. Holiday Valley’s age of the median resident is 59.6 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). On incomes, just 165 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns do better. Only 22 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. Holiday Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Holiday Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Holiday Valley is from typical.
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98% of working residents leave Holiday Valley for work
Where Holiday Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Holiday Valley.
43% of residents are 65 or older
Nearly a quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio. The share of residents in Holiday Valley who are under 18: 15%.
| Holiday Valley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.5 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 61% are men (OH 41%).
| Holiday Valley | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 28.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 33.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Holiday Valley has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
3.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Holiday Valley. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Also worth knowing: the town had 223 jobs in 2023, up 23 from 2013. The top destinations are Springfield (12%), Dayton (8%) and Fairborn (6%).
| Holiday Valley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Holiday Valley, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Holiday Valley is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Holiday Valley, 80% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Holiday Valley stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its adults binge drink
43% of Holiday Valley adults have high blood pressure. Against the Ohio average, Holiday Valley comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 5.
| Holiday Valley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Holiday Valley | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.1% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.9% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Holiday Valley sell for about $265K
Among households in Holiday Valley, 93% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Holiday Valley
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Holiday Valley. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year9 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
38 mi MountainCampbell Hill
9 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
7 mi MuseumHuffman PrairiePhoto 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 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain
Moving to Holiday Valley: who provides what
Holiday Valley is unincorporated, so Clark 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.
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Holiday Valley
About 3 of every 100 Holiday Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Holiday Valley
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Holiday Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,480 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Holiday Valley became a CDP in the 1990 United States census.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 860 ft
Holiday Valley’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Holiday Valley.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Valley | — | — | B− | — | B− | B |
| Green Meadows | — | — | B− | — | B− | B |
| Mad River Township | #754 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C+ |
| Bath Township | #492 | B | B | — | C+ | B |
Holiday Valley and Green Meadows have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Holiday Valley, Green Meadows, Mad River Township and Bath Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Holiday Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Holiday Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holiday Valley, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $207,000, 16% 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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