ShilohOH
Home to 10,526 people, this town lies in Ohio.
Is Shiloh a good place to live?
Shiloh’s weakest is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 89% of the country. A typical home there costs about $151K, 2.1 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. It does especially well on walkability: it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, ranking 948th of 987 in Ohio. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a tenth of U.S. towns. A quarter of residents live below the poverty line here, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Shiloh's public schools trail 82% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results.
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.
For adults in Shiloh, the share who binge drink is 12%. Among 993 Ohio towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Shiloh. Against the Ohio average, Shiloh comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 18.
| 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
Shiloh’s grade for cost of living is a B
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 that grade. 58.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.9% across Ohio.
Among households in Shiloh, 48% live in a home they own. The typical Shiloh home is worth about $151,000, up 4% in a year, 38% below the Ohio typical home. For Shiloh, the typical rent is $883 a month.
| 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
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Shiloh rose by 178, to 2,187. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 2% of working residents work locally. The median household income for Shiloh comes to $46,000. The top destinations are Dayton (28%), Kettering (4%) and Moraine (4%).
| Shiloh | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| 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
Top of a low hazard risk in Shiloh: inland flooding
Paid flood insurance claims in Shiloh since 1990: 17. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Shiloh
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 21°, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A older population than Ohio as a whole
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 age of the median resident in Shiloh is 46.7 years. Four-year graduates: 29% of adults 25 and older here, 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
Shiloh has 2 parks and preserves, 10 acres in all.
| 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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.