Wilkshire HillsOH
A town of 2,987.
Is Wilkshire Hills a good place to live?
Wilkshire Hills is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 375th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 73% of Ohio towns. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 60% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $259K, 4 years of the New Philadelphia area’s $65K median household income. 55% of households own their home in Wilkshire Hills, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. The biggest park or preserve is Zoar Wildlife Area, at 20 acres.
What makes Wilkshire Hills stand out
Where Wilkshire Hills beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Wilkshire Hills for work
Where Wilkshire Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wilkshire Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Wilkshire Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Pro Football Hall of Fame and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wilkshire Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
32 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
13 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
12 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
17 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
in town MuseumFort LaurensPhoto credits
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Laurens: Roseohioresident, Public domain
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Moving to Wilkshire Hills: who provides what
Wilkshire Hills is unincorporated, so Tuscarawas 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 Wilkshire Hills.
Conserved land covers 0.6% of Wilkshire Hills
3.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Wilkshire Hills’ trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Wilkshire Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. River Community Park | 0.5 mi | 14 |
| 2. Zoar Wildlife Area | 0.2 mi | 20 |
| 3. Zoar Wetland | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wilkshire Hills has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Wilkshire Hills for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Wilkshire Hills has added 65 jobs, to 451 in 2023. The average trip to work in Wilkshire Hills is 22 minutes.
| Wilkshire Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Wilkshire Hills, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wilkshire Hills, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Wilkshire Hills has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wilkshire Hills’ grade for health is a B
Against the 9,642 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wilkshire Hills’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
41% of Wilkshire Hills adults have obesity. Wilkshire Hills beats the Ohio average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of Wilkshire Hills adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Wilkshire Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Wilkshire Hills | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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 Wilkshire Hills.
| Wilkshire Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
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 ±6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Wilkshire Hills | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.9% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.3% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
A home in Wilkshire Hills sells for about $330K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Wilkshire Hills
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Wilkshire Hills
About 5 of every 100 Wilkshire Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Wilkshire Hills
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Wilkshire Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wilkshire Hills had a population of 2,940. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census. The CDP is on the northern edge of Tuscarawas County, in the northeast corner of Lawrence Township. It is bordered to the northwest by the village of Bolivar, to the south by the village of Zoar, to the east by Sandy Township, and to the north by Pike Township and Bethlehem Township in Stark County. Wilkshire Golf Course is in the western part of the CDP. Ohio State Route 212 passes through the community, leading northwest into Bolivar and southeast 15 mil…
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 984 ft
Wilkshire Hills’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Wilkshire Hills.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkshire Hills | #375 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Zoar | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Township | #297 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Sandy Township | #695 | C+ | B− | — | B+ | C− |
Wilkshire Hills, Lawrence Township and Sandy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Zoar isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wilkshire Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Wilkshire Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wilkshire Hills, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wilkshire Hills grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #375 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
Is Wilkshire Hills, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $259,000, 5% above the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.