Mount ReposeOH
This town of 3,798 people was settled in 1867.
Is Mount Repose a good place to live?
Strong across the board. Overall, Mount Repose earns an A+: better than almost every U.S. town, and 6th of 987 in Ohio. On schools it is strong: its schools rank ahead of 84% of Ohio towns. At about $254K, a typical home costs 3.1 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Incomes are a strength too (A) — the median household earns $102K. Only 145 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on walkability. On history, just 64 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Mount Repose stand out
Where Mount Repose beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Mount Repose | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.1% |
How Mount Repose grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Mount Repose is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kings Island and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Repose. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
16 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
16 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto 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 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Mount Repose: who provides what
Mount Repose is unincorporated, so Clermont 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 Mount Repose.
Open space protected for good: 4.5% of Mount Repose
There are 1.0 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails for Mount Repose comes to 0.5 miles per square mile, where Ohio’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Mount Repose | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Miami Meadows Park | 0.6 mi | 15 |
| 2. Community Park | 0.4 mi | 16 |
| 3. Longfield Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very low risk in Mount Repose, with inland flooding at the top
47% of Mount Repose’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 14%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Repose ranks healthier than three in four of the country’s towns
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.5% of its 3,501 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
15% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Mount Repose. Mount Repose: just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress.
| Mount Repose | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Mount Repose | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Mount Repose, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Mount Repose. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 23°; snowfall runs to about 14 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Ohio overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide). Mount Repose’s age of the median resident stands at 47 years. 41% of Mount Repose adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, above both Ohio’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (29%). The share of residents in Mount Repose who are under 18: 18%.
| Mount Repose | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 47 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Mount Repose | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,800, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Mount Repose’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.8 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Cincinnati (17%), Miami Township (6%) and Blue Ash (5%). For most workers, Mount Repose is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Mount Repose has added 400 jobs, to 1,781 in 2023. Also worth knowing: in Mount Repose, 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Mount Repose | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Mount Repose sell for about $297K
Mount Repose’s median rent comes in at $892 a month. For households in the town, the share who own their home is 86%. In Mount Repose, 28% of sales closed above the list price.
| Mount Repose | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $892 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mount Repose
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Repose
About 7 of every 100 Mount Repose residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Mount Repose
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Mount Repose is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,648 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 863 ft
Mount Repose’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Mount Repose.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Repose | #6 | A+ | A− | — | A− | A− |
| Mulberry | #261 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Day Heights | — | — | B | — | A− | A− |
Day Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mount Repose, Mulberry and Day Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mount Repose with a neighbor →
Questions about Mount Repose
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mount Repose, OH a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Mount Repose grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #6 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health and A− for schools.
Is Mount Repose, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $254,000, 3% 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 A−.