NorthridgeOH
A town of 7,817.
Is Northridge a good place to live?
Northridge is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 662nd of 987 graded towns in Ohio, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $85K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 63% of Ohio towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 67% of the country. A typical home there costs about $99K, 1.6 years of the Springfield metro’s $63K median household income. On history, just 20 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Only 7 of the 411 Ohio towns we compare have a lower typical home value than Northridge.
What makes Northridge stand out
Where Northridge beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Northridge for work
Where Northridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Northridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Northridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Northridge: who provides what
Northridge 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Northridge.
Northridge has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Springfield and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Northridge earns a B− for cost of living
At 1.6 years of the Springfield metro’s $63K median household income, the typical home (about $99K) costs less against local pay than in 99% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. Home values rose 50% in five years, to about $99K, against 30% across Ohio.
The typical Northridge home is worth about $99,000, about the same as a year ago, 60% below the Ohio typical home.
| Northridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,102 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Northridge
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Northridge’s working residents commute to Springfield
Northridge has 415 jobs for its 3,210 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 317 in 2013 to 415.
Most working residents leave Northridge for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Northridge has added 98 jobs, to 415 in 2023. The top destinations are Springfield (30%), Moorefield Township (6%) and Columbus (5%).
| Northridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Northridge earns a C for health
42% of adults have high blood pressure in Northridge, above both the Ohio town median (38%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 14% of Northridge adults binge drink. Northridge beats the Ohio average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Northridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Northridge | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Northridge, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Northridge has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Ohio overall
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (18% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 34% of residents (38% statewide). 25% of residents are under 18 in Northridge, against 22% in Ohio’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Northridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Northridge | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.3% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.3% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.3% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conserved land covers 0.4% of Northridge
Just 7 of its 1,951 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Northridge itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Northridge Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 26 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Northridge. Close and well known come first.
23 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
26 mi MountainCampbell Hill
5 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
37 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
40 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena23 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a yearPhoto 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 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Northridge
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Northridge
About 5 of every 100 Northridge residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Northridge
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Northridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,518 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,083 ft
Northridge’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Northridge.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northridge | #662 | C+ | B− | — | B | C |
| Moorefield Township | #710 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C |
| Springfield | #973 | D | B+ | D− | C | D− |
Northridge and Moorefield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Northridge with a neighbor →
Questions about Northridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Northridge, OH a good place to live?
Northridge grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #662 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Northridge, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.