ShilohOH
A town of 10,526.
Is Shiloh a good place to live?
Shiloh grades D overall, 948th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $46K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Shiloh, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 161 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on walkability. Shiloh's public schools trail 82% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation.
What makes Shiloh stand out
Where Shiloh beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Shiloh for work
Where Shiloh’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Shiloh grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Shiloh is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
National Museum of the United States Air Force and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shiloh. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year7 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
4 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a year
4 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a year
6 mi GardenWoodland Cemetery and ArboretumPhoto 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 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum: Dcb1995 at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Shiloh: who provides what
Shiloh is unincorporated, so Montgomery 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 Shiloh.
Shiloh is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
Shiloh stands out in Ohio and nationally, with more of its adults who have diabetes
Against the 4,321 U.S. towns with household incomes like Shiloh’s, it is less healthy than 63%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
20% of Shiloh adults have diabetes. Shiloh beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 46% of Shiloh adults have high blood pressure.
| Shiloh | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Shiloh | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12% | 16.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.8% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Shiloh home is worth about $151K
At 2.1 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $151K) costs less against local pay than in 92% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. 58.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.9% across Ohio.
The typical Shiloh home is worth about $151,000, up 4% in a year, 38% below the Ohio typical home. 48% of households own their home in Shiloh.
| Shiloh | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $883 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most of Shiloh’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Shiloh for work: only 2% work in town. Shiloh’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Since 2013, Shiloh has added 178 jobs, to 2,187 in 2023.
| Shiloh | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $46,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Shiloh
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Shiloh.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Shiloh has four seasons and pleasant summers
Shiloh has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Ohio overall
24.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio, which weighs on its C− for jobs and income.
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Shiloh is 46.7 years. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Shiloh | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 46.7 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Shiloh | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Shiloh has set aside 6.1% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shiloh Park | — | 9 |
| 2. Wegerzyn Gardens Metropark | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Shiloh
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Shiloh
About 4 of every 100 Shiloh residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Shiloh
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Shiloh is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 10,952. It is located directly north of the city of Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community took its name from the Shiloh Church which was established "in an early day". The area was hit by a catastrophic EF4 tornado on May 27, 2019.
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- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 814 ft
Shiloh’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Shiloh.
Butler Township next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Shiloh’s C−) and lower for cost of living (C− to B).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | #948 | D | B | — | C− | D |
| Harrison Township | #876 | C− | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Dayton | #974 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Fort McKinley | #928 | C− | B | — | C− | D− |
| Clayton | #260 | A− | C+ | B | B+ | B |
| Butler Township | #711 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | C− |
| Trotwood | #971 | D | B | D | C− | D |
Shiloh, Harrison Township, Fort McKinley and Butler Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Shiloh with a neighbor →
Questions about Shiloh
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shiloh, OH a good place to live?
Shiloh grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #948 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Shiloh, OH expensive?
That is 2.1 years of the area's median household income ($71,739 across the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.