RossOH
A town of 2,601, laid out in 1817.
Is Ross a good place to live?
Ross gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $243K, 3 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 194th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 72% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, its schools outperform 87% of the state's. 29% of residents are under 18 in Ross, above both the Ohio town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). The biggest park or preserve is Fernald Preserve, at 94 acres.
97% of working residents leave Ross for work
Where Ross’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ross grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Ross is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kings Island and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ross. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
17 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
15 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
14 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearPhoto 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 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Moving to Ross: who provides what
Ross is unincorporated, so Butler 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 Ross.
Ross is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Cincinnati and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Protected land: 4.6% of Ross
There are 1.3 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. Ross’ concentration of trails stands at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Ross | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fernald Preserve | 0.1 mi | 94 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Ross
Ross has 472 jobs for its 1,633 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 311 in 2013 to 472.
Just 3% of Ross’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Ross added 161 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 472. The top destinations are Cincinnati (13%), Fairfield (7%) and Hamilton (6%). Ross’ average trip to work comes in at 27 minutes.
| Ross | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer adults under 35 in Ross than across Ohio
33% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 32% across Ohio. In Ross, the median age is 39.8 years. Among residents here, 20% are 65 or older.
| Ross | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 79% are women (OH 59%).
| Ross | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Ross ranks healthier than 72% of the country’s towns
Against the 9,837 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ross’s, it is healthier than 93%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.3% of its 2,624 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
Nearly a fifth of adults binge drink in Ross. CDC measures, 32 in all: Ross beats Ohio on 12 and trails on 1. Two figures for adults here: 12% report frequent physical distress, 15% say their health is fair or poor.
| Ross | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Ross | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.1% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Ross, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 66% of Ross’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Ross brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 23°, and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Ross
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Ross
About 5 of every 100 Ross residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Ross
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Ross is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,478 at the 2020 census. Ross sits along U.S. Route 27 between Cincinnati, Ohio and Oxford, Ohio. Ross is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 554 ft
- ZIP code
- 45061
Ross’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Ross.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | #194 | A− | B | — | A | B+ |
| Ross Township | #328 | B+ | C+ | A− | A | C |
| Colerain Township | #616 | B− | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Dunlap | — | — | D | — | C+ | B+ |
| Crosby Township | #627 | B− | C− | — | B+ | B |
Dunlap has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Ross, Dunlap and Crosby Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ross with a neighbor →
Questions about Ross
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ross, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Ross grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #194 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Ross, 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.