Nettle LakeOH
Population 180: a town settled in 1848.
Is Nettle Lake a good place to live?
No town among the 994 in Ohio we compare has a lower January low than Nettle Lake. Nettle Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
180 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Nettle Lake: who provides what
Nettle Lake is unincorporated, so Williams 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 Nettle Lake.
Most of Nettle Lake’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Edon (14%), Bryan (14%) and Fremont (6%). Half of commuters travel less than 16 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Nettle Lake brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Nettle Lake is
Nettle Lake: nearly a third of adults feel lonely, below the Ohio town median (34%) and near the median of U.S. towns (33%). Across all 32 CDC measures, Nettle Lake beats Ohio on 5 and trails on 8. For adults locally, the share who have high blood pressure is 45%.
| Nettle Lake | Typical Ohio town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Nettle Lake | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.9% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 11.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Nettle Lake, with inland flooding at the top
In Nettle Lake, the FEMA risk score is 53 of 100, against 23 of 100 in Ohio’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. 65% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 14%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Nettle Lake sells for about $212K
Among households in Nettle Lake, 85% are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Nettle Lake. Close and well known come first.
28 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
19 mi GardenSlayton Arboretum
21 mi MuseumE.O. Grosvenor House
39 mi MuseumGardner House
23 mi MuseumWing House MuseumPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Slayton Arboretum: Brother Atticus, CC0 · E.O. Grosvenor House: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Gardner House: Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wing House Museum: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Nettle Lake
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Nettle Lake
College town 18 of every 100 Nettle Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
100% of working residents leave Nettle Lake for work
Where Nettle Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Nettle Lake
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Nettle Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Williams County, Ohio, United States, around the south end of the lake of the same name. It was first listed as a CDP following the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Nettle Lake had a population of 210. The CDP is in the northwest corner of Ohio, in the northern part of Williams County's Northwest Township. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Michigan border, 4 miles (6 km) east of the Indiana border, and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Montpelier, Ohio. Nettle Lake drains out of its northern end into Nettle Creek, which flows southeast to the St. Joseph River, a southwest-flowing major tributary of the Maumee Ri…
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- Elevation
- 945 ft
Questions about Nettle Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Nettle Lake, OH a good place to live?
Nettle Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.