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Loudonville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $237K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the Ashland area’s $70K median household income. It grades A− overall, 220th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 79% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 73% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 78% of U.S. towns. On walkability, just 90 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Loudonville has 3 places on the National Register. The biggest place to walk is Mohican Memorial State Forest, 80 acres with 1.7 miles of trail.
Where Loudonville beats most towns.
Philip J. Black HouseEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Loudonville is from typical.
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Census counts: 516 in 1860, 2,786 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 4 maps from 1912 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Loudonville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Loudonville.
Loudonville is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Ashland and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
1.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Loudonville’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile, above both Ohio’s towns (0.2) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Loudonville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mohican Memorial State Forest | 1.7 mi | 80 |
| 2. Central Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 7,733 U.S. towns with household incomes like Loudonville’s, it is less healthy than 63%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
41% of Loudonville adults have high blood pressure, above both the Ohio town median (38%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 31% of adults get no exercise outside work in Loudonville. Loudonville beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Loudonville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Loudonville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.8% | 15.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Loudonville’s property crime rate is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Loudonville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1980, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Loudonville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Loudonville has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Loudonville has about as many jobs (1,096) as working residents, but only 168 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Loudonville for work: only 15% work in town. The median household income in Loudonville is $56,000. Since 2013, Loudonville has added 78 jobs, to 1,096 in 2023.
| Loudonville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 25% of Loudonville residents are under 18. 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Loudonville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Loudonville | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.2% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.2% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Loudonville home is worth about $237,000, up 1.7% in a year, close to the Ohio typical home.
| Loudonville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $671 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 66% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Loudonville. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
8 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
32 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
19 mi GardenKingwood Center
24 mi MuseumAmish & Mennonite Heritage Center
17 mi MuseumMansfield Memorial MuseumOhio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center: photoswelike, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mansfield Memorial Museum: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Loudonville; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Loudonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 places in Loudonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Loudonville.
Village in Ohio, United States
Loudonville is a village in Ashland and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,786 at the 2020 census. Loudonville is nicknamed the "Canoe Capital of Ohio" for its many canoe liveries along the Mohican River. It is also home to Mohican State Park and Mohican-Memorial State Forest.
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2 towns share a border with Loudonville.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudonville | #220 | A− | A | A− | B | C− |
| Hanover Township | — | — | A | — | B | C− |
| Green Township | #442 | B | A | — | B | C− |
Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hanover Township and Green Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Loudonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Loudonville grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #220 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health, A− for safety and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
6 notable people were born here, including Charles F. Kettering and Robert Bacher.
