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Silverton gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $248K for a typical one, or 3.1 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 398th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. 9% of residents are under 18 in Silverton, below both Ohio’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%).
Where Silverton beats most towns.
Where Silverton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Silverton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 459 in 1910, a peak of 6,682 in 1960, 4,908 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1898 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silverton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
7 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
6 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
8 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings 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 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Silverton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Silverton.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Cincinnati Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 303 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Only 41.4% of households own their home, against 67.2% across Ohio.
39% of Silverton adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Silverton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Silverton | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.5% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 31% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.2% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.5% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,900, single groups can be off by several points
Most working residents leave Silverton for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Silverton is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Silverton has lost 68 jobs, to 723 in 2023.
| Silverton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Silverton has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Silverton beats the Ohio average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Silverton.
| Silverton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Silverton | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.7% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 69.2% | 65.2% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 14.3% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Silverton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Silverton Field | 0.2 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Silverton home is worth about $248,000, up 2.1% in a year, close to the Ohio typical home.
| Silverton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 41% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,039 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
17 within 15 miles of the center of Silverton
About 5 of every 100 Silverton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Silverton is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The village was formed out of Columbia and Sycamore townships, but withdrew from both and formed a paper township. The population was 4,908 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Silverton.
Madeira next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Silverton’s C) and lower for cost of living (D to B+).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | #398 | B+ | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Madeira | #33 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A+ |
| Columbia Township | #825 | C | C− | — | C | A− |
| Cincinnati | #957 | D | C+ | D− | C | C |
| Deer Park | #37 | A+ | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Kenwood | #230 | A− | D− | — | A+ | A |
| Sycamore Township | #462 | B | C− | — | B | A |
Silverton, Columbia Township, Kenwood and Sycamore Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Silverton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Silverton grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #398 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ for health and C for schools.
Not for the 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+.
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