Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Plymouth’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and an A+ for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. 30% of residents are under 18 in Plymouth, against 22% in Ohio’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. On history, just 52 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Mary Fate Park, at 23 acres. Plymouth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Plymouth beats most towns.
Tubbs-Sourwine HouseWhere Plymouth’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Plymouth is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Plymouth, 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 Plymouth.
Most working residents leave Plymouth for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Plymouth grew to 252 in 2023, 87 more than in 2013. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Plymouth, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Plymouth | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Plymouth beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Plymouth.
| Plymouth | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Plymouth | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 18% | 15.4% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 19.3% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Plymouth home is worth about $172,000, up 2% in a year, 30% below the Ohio typical home. 65% of Plymouth households own their home.
| Plymouth | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $825 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Plymouth has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mary Fate Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Plymouth. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Theme parkCedar Point3.8M visitors a year
17 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
38 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
28 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park31 mi Theme parkCastaway Bay
31 mi MuseumAllen Memorial Art MuseumCedar Point: Larry Pieniazek, User:Lar, en:User:Lar (primary), CC BY 2.5 · Ohio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Allen Memorial Art Museum: Daderot, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Plymouth
About 3 of every 100 Plymouth residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 notable people were born in Plymouth.
Village in Ohio, United States
Plymouth is a village in Huron and Richland counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,707 at the 2020 census. The Richland County portion of Plymouth is part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Huron County portion is part of the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born here, including William Townsend Porter and Eleanor Searle.
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