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Turpin HillsOH

A town of 4,875.

Is Turpin Hills a good place to live?

For most people who can afford it, yes. Turpin Hills grades A overall, 106th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 94% of the country. Its schools rank ahead of 93% of Ohio towns and the median household earns $141K. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $497K for a typical one and 6.1 times the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. 61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Turpin Hills, against 24% in Ohio’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.

What makes Turpin Hills stand out

Where Turpin Hills beats most towns.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Turpin Hills for work

Where Turpin Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

35% → Cincinnati Cincinnati 35% 6% → Blue Ash Blue Ash 6% 4% → Forestville Forestville 4% 3% → Union Township Union Township 3% 2% → Norwood Norwood 2% 2% → Sharonville Sharonville 2% Turpin Hills · 2% stay
699jobs based in Turpin Hills
2%of working residents work in town
8 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Turpin Hills grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Turpin Hills is from typical.

How grading works
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Nearby attractions

Kings Island and 54 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Turpin Hills. Close and well known come first.

All 78 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Kings 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 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0

Getting set up

Moving to Turpin Hills: who provides what

Turpin Hills is unincorporated, so Hamilton County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerDuke Energy16.8¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterGCWWNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesHamilton CountyHamilton County provides services here
SchoolsForest Hills Local School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereDirector, Hamilton County Board of ElectionsHamilton County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, May 2026
ZIP codes45244, 4523045244 96% · 45230 4%Census 2020

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 Turpin Hills.

Turpin Hills has less food insecurity than most of Ohio, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Ohio and has little public open land.

HousingCost of living grade D

Turpin Hills’ grade for cost of living is a D

At 6.1 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home (about $497K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $7,162, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.

87% of Turpin Hills households own their home. The typical Turpin Hills home is worth about $497,000, up 3.6% in a year, about twice the Ohio typical home.

$497KZillow home value
Turpin HillsOhio townsU.S. towns
Households that own their home87%77%73%
Median rent$1,149 a month$943 a month$1,185 a month

Typical home value

Turpin Hills$497K
Ohio$246K
+3.6%
value change, 1 year
3
homes sold in May

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

HealthA

Fewer of Turpin Hills’ adults report frequent physical distress than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town

Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 6.2% of its 3,763 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.

9.8% of adults report frequent physical distress in Turpin Hills. Turpin Hills beats the Ohio average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Turpin Hills.

94%healthier than U.S. townsAHealth Grade
Turpin HillsOhio townsU.S. towns
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)9.8%15%14%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)16%28%25%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)9.2%16%14%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)14%18%17%
32 measures vs. Ohio
23 better8 too close to call1 worse
What stands outTurpin HillsOH
Fewer adults facing food insecurity6.2%14.1%
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth7.3%15.3%
More adults who have had cancer9.8%8.7%
Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital
2 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
97th
percentile among OH towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A

About one in three of Turpin Hills’ working residents commute to Cincinnati

Turpin Hills has 699 jobs for its 2,466 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 24.1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.

Most working residents leave Turpin Hills for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Turpin Hills grew to 699 in 2023, 154 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Cincinnati (35%), Blue Ash (6%) and Forestville (4%).

2%work in town
Turpin HillsOhio townsU.S. towns
Median household income$141,000$75,000$80,000
Below the poverty line4.2%9.1%9.6%
Working residents who work in town1.9%6.9%8%

Where working residents work

In Turpin Hills2%
Cincinnati35%
Blue Ash6%
Forestville4%
Union Township3%
8 mi
median commute distance
699
jobs based in Turpin Hills
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+

Turpin Hills faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.

30risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
30Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesHeat waves

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Four seasons and pleasant summers in Turpin Hills

Turpin Hills has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Turpin Hills is 87°F.

16″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter26–43°
Spring43–65°
Summer64–86°
Fall45–67°
Oct 25
typical first frost
Apr 16
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

OutdoorsC−

Conserved land covers 0.2% of Turpin Hills

Just 3 of its 1,890 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Turpin Hills itself; its outdoors grade is C−.

0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.

0.2%conserved
0.2%
conserved · 3 of 1,890 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Five Mile Trail—5

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Turpin Hills

16pages on Turpin Hills
After high school

Colleges nearby

17 within 15 miles of the center of Turpin Hills

About Turpin Hills

Census-designated place in Ohio, United States

Turpin Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,162 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
3.0 sq mi
Elevation
650 ft

Turpin Hills’s neighbors

6 towns share a border with Turpin Hills.

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Cincinnati next door grades lower for schools (C to Turpin Hills’s A) and higher for cost of living (C+ to D).

How the neighbors grade
TownOH rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Turpin Hills#106AD—AA
Dry Run#126AC−—AA
Anderson Township#94AC−—AA−
Cincinnati#957DC+D−CC
Newtown#191A−D—AA
Sherwood#15A+B−—AA
Forestville#112AD—AA

Turpin Hills, Dry Run, Anderson Township, Newtown, Sherwood and Forestville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Turpin Hills with a neighbor →

Questions about Turpin Hills

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Turpin Hills, OH a good place to live?

For most people who can afford it, yes. Turpin Hills grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #106 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.

Is Turpin Hills, OH expensive?

Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.