WheelersburgOH
Home to 6,313 people, the town was settled in 1879.
Is Wheelersburg a good place to live?
Strong in places, weak in others. It lags on incomes as well (C) — the median household income is $63K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. Its strongest subject is schools: its schools outperform 79% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $195K, 3.9 years of the Portsmouth area’s $51K median household income. The overall grade comes out at C+, 756th of 987 in Ohio. Set against the rest, it does better than 37% of U.S. towns. On history, just 169 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
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.
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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.
0% of Wheelersburg is conserved land
2.9 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. Wheelersburg’s concentration of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| 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
On CDC estimates, Wheelersburg is less healthy than four in five U.S. towns
Among adults in Wheelersburg, 35% feel lonely, close to Ohio’s towns (34%) and above U.S. towns (33%). On the CDC’s 32 measures, Wheelersburg is ahead of Ohio on 1 and behind on 8. In Wheelersburg, 14% of adults binge drink.
| 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
67% of Wheelersburg’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 16%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 81% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 3 claims locally since 1997.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Wheelersburg
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 24°, with about 7 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wheelersburg stands out in Ohio and nationally: the median rent there is lower
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4.1% in value. Among households in Wheelersburg, 70% own their home.
| Wheelersburg | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $685 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wheelersburg has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Wheelersburg’s median household income is $63,000, where Ohio’s towns sit at $75,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 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 top destinations are Portsmouth (24%), Scioto Township (4%) and Ashland (3%).
| 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
A typical Ohio spread of ages in Wheelersburg
For residents in Wheelersburg, the share who are under 18 is 24%. The age mix tracks Ohio closely: no broad group is more than 4 points off. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 33%, against 32% across Ohio.
| 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?
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.