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SheetOH-SUGAR-BUSH-KNOLLS-OH · Sugar Bush Knolls, OH 349 pop · income 96th 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 Sugar Bush Knolls
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Sugar Bush Knolls on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Edison · lowest
46,250
Edison · lowest
46,250 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #1
Cascades · near
166,023
Cascades · near
166,023 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Cedar Knolls · near
166,077
Cedar Knolls · near
166,077 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Sugar Bush Kn… · this city
166,087
Sugar Bush Kn… · this city
166,087 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Pottersville · near
166,087
Pottersville · near
166,087 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Darien Downto… · near
166,111
Darien Downto… · near
166,111 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Gold River · highest
166,250
Gold River · highest
166,250 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 Sugar Bush Knolls 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: 349.
Nationally, Sugar Bush Knolls sits in the 96th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
96th
percentile, household income
78th
percentile, home value
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: Sugar Bush Knolls, OH
Ohio's Sugar Bush Knolls is a small town, with 349 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Sugar Bush Knolls report a median income of $166,087 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.1%. Typical homes in Sugar Bush Knolls are valued around $408,200, and the median resident age is 33.7 years. 67.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 66.9% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,092 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Ohio run around $228, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Sugar Bush Knolls'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Sugar Bush Knolls, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for 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.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Sugar Bush Knolls?
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 Marne (351 residents); Lansing (352 residents); Nashport (346 residents, $130,057 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lewis, CO (349 residents); Kenney, IL (349 residents); Leavenworth, IN (349 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Sugar Bush Knolls?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Sugar Bush Knolls?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 46.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Is Sugar Bush Knolls growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Top-decile income · poverty 1.1% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
A+
City profile score · Sugar Bush Knolls, OH
91/100
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.
Household income A+
$166,087
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
67.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A+
1.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Sugar Bush Knolls profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $166,087
Bachelor's+ share: 96/100 (A+) · 67.7%
Poverty rate: 92/100 (A+) · 1.1%
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
How does Sugar Bush Knolls compare to other US cities?
Here's how Sugar Bush Knolls stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income96% higher than other cities
Home value78% pricier 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 Sugar Bush Knolls 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 Sugar Bush Knolls near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Sugar Bush Knolls ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Sugar Bush Knolls only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#24 of 1,145
98th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#50 of 1,164
96th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#1,003 of 1,196
15th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#46 of 1,196
96th 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
96th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Sugar Bush Knolls's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$408,20022nd percentilemore affordable than 22% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Sugar Bush Knolls's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,781 of 15,516
More affordable than 76% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,424 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, Sugar Bush Knolls sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,781 of 15,516 and #3,424 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$166,087Sugar Bush Knolls, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Sugar Bush Knolls, 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 Sugar Bush Knolls, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)67.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
349
Median Income
$166,087
Median Home Value
$408,200
Median Age
33.7
Poverty Rate
1.1%
Labor force participation
66.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
67.7%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Sugar Bush Knolls's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
216 residents
2021
216 residents
2022
217 residents
2023
217 residents
2024
217 residents
2025
219 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
46.6%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
44.7%
Other
2.5%
Based on 161 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 Sugar Bush Knolls. 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 Sugar Bush Knolls 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 Sugar Bush Knolls sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Sugar Bush Knolls 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.