Sardis’ income of the median household comes in at $63,000. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Sardis shed 104 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 42. Among residents here, 2.6% live below the poverty line, below both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).

1%work in town

	Sardis	Ohio towns	U.S. towns
Below the poverty line	2.6%	9.1%	9.6%
Working residents who work in town	1%	6.9%	8%
Median household income	$63,000	$75,000	$80,000
Average trip to work	23 minutes	24 minutes	25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Sardis1%

New Martinsville12%

Woodsfield10%

Hannibal5%

Columbus4%

24 mi

median commute distance

jobs based in Sardis

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here42 jobs based here · A commuter town Where people work1% work in Sardis Commute times23 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 24 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Sardis

Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 22°, with about 27 inches of snow a winter.

27″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter24–42°

Spring40–64°

Summer61–83°

Fall43–66°

Oct 26

typical first frost

Apr 26

typical last frost

+1.1°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 84°, January lows 22°Rain & snow27″ of snow a winter · 46 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+1.1° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

Sardis stands out in Ohio and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure

In Sardis, just over a fifth of adults say their health is fair or poor. Among adults in the town, 16% have diabetes, above both the Ohio town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%). The town beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.

	Sardis	Ohio towns	U.S. towns
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	45%	38%	35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	16%	13%	12%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)	33%	28%	25%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	17%	15%	14%

32 measures vs. Ohio

1 better20 too close to call11 worse

What stands out	Sardis	OH
More adults treating high blood pressure	83.9%	79.2%
More adults with heart disease	10.7%	7.1%

Wetzel County Hospital

4.4 mi away · emergency room

3 of 3

care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

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Everyday habitsMore adults who get no exercise Hospitals & doctors nearby4.4 miles to an ER · Wetzel County Hospital How adults are doingMore adults in frequent physical distress Every CDC estimateBetter than OH on 1 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazards

Moderate risk in Sardis, with inland flooding at the top

FEMA puts 84% of Sardis’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2004. Sardis’ risk rating from FEMA stands at 46 of 100.

46risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland flooding

federal disasters paid out here

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What it facesModerate risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters1 federal disaster · Paid out in Sardis Get ready1.9 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

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Everything we know about Sardis

16pages on Sardis

The big questions

HealthBetter than OH on 1 of 32 CDC measures Cost of livingWork & commute$63K median household income · 42 jobs here Natural hazardsFEMA risk higher than 46% of U.S. communities · inland flooding

Out and about

PlacesAttractions21 nearby · Grave Creek Mound 22 mi LibraryNew Martinsville Public Library Colleges

The story

HistorySettled 1844 Famous people1 born in Sardis Climate84° summer highs · 27″ of snow

Day to day

NewsWeatherHandbookZIP code 43946 Town SquareNeighbors

After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Sardis; the nearest are

Salem UniversityUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Salem, WV29.5 mi$11,900 tuition Ohio University-Eastern CampusUniversity or college · Public · Saint Clairsville31 mi$6,362 in-state tuition Belmont CollegeCommunity college · Public · St Clairsville31.1 mi$4,698 in-state tuition

About 4 of every 100 Sardis residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Sardis for work

Where Sardis’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

42jobs based in Sardis

1%of working residents work in town

24 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Sardis

Census-designated place in Ohio, United States

Sardis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Lee Township, Monroe County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 43946. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 522.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area: 1.3 sq mi
Elevation: 668 ft
ZIP code: 43946

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Most of Sardis’ workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them