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Place dossier plate
SheetOH-LITTLE-HOCKING-OH · Little Hocking, OH 572 pop · income 95th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Little Hocking
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Little Hocking on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Scio · lowest
39,167
Scio · lowest
39,167 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #1
Artondale · near
156,908
Artondale · near
156,908 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Allendale · near
156,992
Allendale · near
156,992 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Stonegate · near
157,021
Stonegate · near
157,021 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Little Hocking · this city
157,031
Little Hocking · this city
157,031 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Greenville CD… · highest
157,159
Greenville CD… · highest
157,159 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Little Hocking on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 572.
Little Hocking ranks in the 95th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
95th
percentile, household income
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Little Hocking, OH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 572 residents in Little Hocking, a small town within Ohio. Median household income here is $157,031 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.9%. The median resident age is 30.9 years. 14.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 85.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Ohio run around $228, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Little Hocking workers runs 35.9 minutes, with 94.6% driving alone and 5.4% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Little Hocking's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Little Hocking, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Little Hocking?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 94.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 35.9 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Little Hocking?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Beaver (571 residents, $40,481 income); Millville (573 residents, $81,397 income); Scio (573 residents, $39,167 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Garden City, AL (572 residents); Elephant Head, AZ (572 residents); Oldtown, ID (572 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$157,031
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
14.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Little Hocking profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 98/100 (A+) · $157,031
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 23/100 (F) · 14.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 18/100 (F) · 14.4%
How does Little Hocking compare to other US cities?
Here's how Little Hocking stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income95% higher than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Little Hocking against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Little Hocking near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Little Hocking ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Little Hocking only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#29 of 1,145
97th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#257 of 1,196
78th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#739 of 1,196
38th percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
95th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$157,031Little Hocking, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Little Hocking, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Little Hocking, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)85.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
572
Median Income
$157,031
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
30.9
Poverty Rate
14.9%
Labor force participation
85.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
35.9 minutes
Drive Alone
94.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.4%
Based on 312 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Little Hocking. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Little Hocking is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Little Hocking sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Little Hocking compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.