WheelersburgOH
A town of 6,313, settled in 1879.
Is Wheelersburg a good place to live?
Wheelersburg grades C+ overall, 756th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools outperform 79% of the state's and natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 82% of the country. On history, just 169 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Wheelersburg’s median rent is $685 a month, where Ohio’s towns sit at $944 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
What makes Wheelersburg stand out
Where Wheelersburg beats most towns.
How Wheelersburg grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Wheelersburg is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wheelersburg: who provides what
Wheelersburg is unincorporated, so Scioto 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 Wheelersburg.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Porter Township Community Park | 0.3 mi | 2 |
| 2. Porter Township Community Pool | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wheelersburg’s grade for health is a C−
14% of Wheelersburg adults binge drink. Wheelersburg beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 43% of Wheelersburg adults have high blood pressure.
| Wheelersburg | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Wheelersburg | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.6% | 16.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wheelersburg faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wheelersburg.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wheelersburg, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Wheelersburg has chilly winters and warm summers. Wheelersburg’s July high is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wheelersburg’s typical home value is about $195K
The typical Wheelersburg home is worth about $195,000, up 4.1% in a year, 21% below the Ohio typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wheelersburg has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Wheelersburg for work: only 12% work in town. Since 2013, Wheelersburg has added 258 jobs, to 2,061 in 2023. The median household income in Wheelersburg is $63,000.
| Wheelersburg | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $63,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like Ohio’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wheelersburg.
| Wheelersburg | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Wheelersburg | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.6% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Wheelersburg
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wheelersburg
About 5 of every 100 Wheelersburg residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Wheelersburg
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Wheelersburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the northern banks of the Ohio River in southern Ohio. Wheelersburg is approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of Portsmouth and 14 miles (23 km) west of Ironton. It is in Porter Township. The population was 6,531 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 5.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 554 ft
- ZIP code
- 45694
Wheelersburg’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Wheelersburg.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelersburg | #756 | C+ | C+ | — | A− | C− |
| Sciotodale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Porter Township | #890 | C− | C | — | A− | D |
Wheelersburg and Porter Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Sciotodale isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wheelersburg with a neighbor →
Questions about Wheelersburg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wheelersburg, OH a good place to live?
Wheelersburg grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #756 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Wheelersburg, OH expensive?
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($50,609 across the Portsmouth, 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 C+.
What is Wheelersburg, OH known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Douglas Gunn and Keith Rapp.