Shawnee HillsOH
In Ohio, this town has 2,534 residents.
What should you know before moving to Shawnee Hills?
Schools are where it shines: its public schools beat 73% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. Health is a strength too — residents are healthier than 66% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $199K, 2.8 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. What holds it back is walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 366th of 987 in Ohio. On history, just 4 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Shawnee Hills stand out
Where Shawnee Hills beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Shawnee Hills for work
Where Shawnee Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Shawnee Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Shawnee Hills is from typical.
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Moving to Shawnee Hills: who provides what
Shawnee Hills is unincorporated, so Greene 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 Shawnee Hills.
Shawnee Hills has less tooth loss than most of Ohio, sends most of its workers to Xenia and beyond and has household incomes well above the Ohio norm.
Shawnee Hills has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Shawnee Hills comes to 18 of 100, below both Ohio’s towns (23 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Of the losses FEMA expects here, 53% come from inland flooding and 22% from cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Few of Shawnee Hills’ working residents work in town
Shawnee Hills has 40 jobs for its 930 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.3 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Shawnee Hills’ typical household income stands at $109,000. The mean commuting time for Shawnee Hills comes to 31 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Also worth knowing: it had 40 jobs in 2023, up 22 from 2013. The share of residents in Shawnee Hills who live below the poverty line: 2.5%.
| Shawnee Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Ohio overall
The median household earns $108,750, against $71,389 across Ohio, one input to its B for jobs and income.
Shawnee Hills: 14% of residents are 65 or older. Adults 35 to 64 are just over half of residents (38% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 35%, against 32% across Ohio.
| Shawnee Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
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 ±5.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Shawnee Hills | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.6% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.7% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Shawnee Hills earns a B+ for health
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 9.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide. Against the 7,331 U.S. towns with household incomes like Shawnee Hills’s, it is less healthy than 60%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
6.2% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Shawnee Hills. CDC measures, 32 in all: Shawnee Hills beats Ohio on 11 and trails on 1. Among adults locally, 23% get no exercise outside work and 9.1% worry about having enough food.
| Shawnee Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 28% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Shawnee Hills | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.8% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Shawnee Hills’ year
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shawnee Hills. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year19 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
19 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
36 mi MuseumChateau Laroche
18 mi MuseumHuffman PrairiePhoto 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 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Chateau Laroche: ConlonTT, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain
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Everything we know about Shawnee Hills
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Shawnee Hills
About 7 of every 100 Shawnee Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Shawnee Hills
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Shawnee Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. Shawnee Hills consists of a planned community centered on the 250-acre (1.0 km2) Shawnee Lake. The population was 2,230 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, and should not be confused with the incorporated village of Shawnee Hills in Delaware County.
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- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,047 ft
Shawnee Hills’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Shawnee Hills.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Hills | #366 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
| New Jasper Township | #694 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C+ |
| Silvercreek Township | #250 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B− |
Shawnee Hills, New Jasper Township and Silvercreek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Shawnee Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Shawnee Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shawnee Hills, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Shawnee Hills grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #366 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Shawnee Hills, 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−.