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SheetOH-MCKINLEY-HEIGHTS-OH · McKinley Heights, OH 1,231 pop · income 6th 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 McKinley Heights
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest McKinley Heights on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bethesda · lowest
33,606
Bethesda · lowest
33,606 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #1
Maxwell · near
36,691
Maxwell · near
36,691 median HH income
29.1% of the leader · rank #2
McKinley Heig… · this city
36,692
McKinley Heig… · this city
36,692 median HH income
29.1% of the leader · rank #3
Altoona · near
36,694
Altoona · near
36,694 median HH income
29.1% of the leader · rank #4
Havre North · near
36,695
Havre North · near
36,695 median HH income
29.1% of the leader · rank #5
Rockingham · near
36,695
Rockingham · near
36,695 median HH income
29.1% of the leader · rank #6
Genoa · highest
125,952
Genoa · highest
125,952 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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 McKinley Heights 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: 1,231.
Nationally, McKinley Heights sits in the 6th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
6th
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: McKinley Heights, OH
1,231 people live in McKinley Heights, Ohio - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. McKinley Heights households earn a median of $36,692 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.5%. The median resident age is 41.7 years. Educational attainment runs 17.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 48.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Ohio at 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,092 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $228 across Ohio, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for McKinley Heights workers runs 16.4 minutes, with 92.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of McKinley Heights'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 McKinley Heights, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in McKinley Heights?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.4 minutes.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for McKinley Heights?
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.
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Newport CDP (Washington County) (1,231 residents, $89,883 income); Bethesda (1,230 residents, $33,606 income); Brookfield Center (1,225 residents, $62,826 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Velda City, MO (1,231 residents); Genoa, NV (1,231 residents); Middleburgh, NY (1,231 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 25.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
F
City profile score · McKinley Heights, OH
25/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
25.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$36,692
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
McKinley Heights profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.0%
Poverty rate: 5/100 (F) · 25.5%
Household income: 2/100 (F) · $36,692
How does McKinley Heights compare to other US cities?
Where McKinley Heights sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income6% 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 McKinley Heights 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 McKinley Heights near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, McKinley Heights ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares McKinley Heights only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,106 of 1,145
3rd percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#88 of 1,196
93rd percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#630 of 1,196
47th 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
6th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$36,692McKinley Heights, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context McKinley Heights, 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 McKinley Heights, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,231
Median Income
$36,692
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
41.7
Poverty Rate
25.5%
Labor force participation
48.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.4 minutes
Drive Alone
92.0%
Carpool
8.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 486 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 McKinley Heights. 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 McKinley Heights 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 McKinley Heights sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How McKinley Heights 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.