SugarcreekOH
A town of 2,334, settled in 1814.
Is Sugarcreek a good place to live?
Sugarcreek’s best subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for walkability; its weakest is a C− for health. On hazard risk, just 8 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Only 18 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Sugarcreek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sugarcreek stand out
Where Sugarcreek beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 2,063 people come to Sugarcreek for work
Where Sugarcreek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sugarcreek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Sugarcreek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Sugarcreek: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sugarcreek, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sugarcreek.
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Sugarcreek is shorter
At 16 minutes, Sugarcreek’s average trip to work is below both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 1.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Sugarcreek. Jobs based in Sugarcreek grew to 2,235 in 2023, 338 more than in 2013.
| Sugarcreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The FEMA risk score in Sugarcreek is lower than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
At 2 of 100, Sugarcreek’s FEMA risk score is below both the Ohio town median (23 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical Sugarcreek home is worth about $349K
The typical Sugarcreek home is worth about $349,000, up 7.4% in a year, 42% above the Ohio typical home. Sugarcreek’s median rent is $883 a month.
| Sugarcreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $883 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On CDC estimates, Sugarcreek is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
Sugarcreek beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 37% of Sugarcreek adults feel lonely.
| Sugarcreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sugarcreek | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.1% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 56.8% | 62.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sugarcreek has four seasons and pleasant summers
Sugarcreek has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Ohio’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. Sugarcreek has lost 2.5% of its people since 2020, down to 2,334 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Sugarcreek | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39.1 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Sugarcreek | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.5% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.3% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 47% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Pro Football Hall of Fame and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sugarcreek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
2 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
25 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
24 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
13 mi MuseumFort Laurens
24 mi MuseumWilliam McKinley Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto credits
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Laurens: Roseohioresident, Public domain · William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Sugarcreek
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sugarcreek
About 2 of every 100 Sugarcreek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Sugarcreek
Village in Ohio, United States
Sugarcreek is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,373 at the 2020 census. It is known as "The Little Switzerland of Ohio". Located in Ohio's Amish Country, the village is part of a large regional tourism industry. In the center of town stands one of the world's largest cuckoo clocks, which was previously featured on the cover of the Guinness World Records book in 1977.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1814
- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,004 ft
- ZIP code
- 44681
Questions about Sugarcreek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sugarcreek, OH expensive?
That is 5.4 years of the area's median household income ($65,044 across the New Philadelphia-Dover, OH 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.