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SheetOH-WRIGHT-PATTERSON-AFB-OH · Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 1,560 pop · income 61st 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 Wright-Patterson AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Wright-Patterson AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fort Deposit · lowest
20,156
Fort Deposit · lowest
20,156 median HH income
15.0% of the leader · rank #1
Spencerport · near
79,200
Spencerport · near
79,200 median HH income
58.8% of the leader · rank #2
Ojai · near
79,202
Ojai · near
79,202 median HH income
58.8% of the leader · rank #3
Wright-Patter… · this city
79,205
Wright-Patter… · this city
79,205 median HH income
58.8% of the leader · rank #4
Walnut Park · near
79,205
Walnut Park · near
79,205 median HH income
58.8% of the leader · rank #5
Cut Off · near
79,214
Cut Off · near
79,214 median HH income
58.8% of the leader · rank #6
Leona Valley · highest
134,625
Leona Valley · highest
134,625 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 Wright-Patterson AFB 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: 1,560.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Wright-Patterson AFB lands in the 61st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
61st
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: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,560 residents in Wright-Patterson AFB, a small town within Ohio. Median household income here is $79,205 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.0%. The median resident age is 24.6 years. About 38.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 43.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: the state registers 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,092 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Ohio run around $228, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Wright-Patterson AFB report an average commute of 11.1 minutes, with 66.7% driving alone and 8.6% 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 Wright-Patterson AFB'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 Wright-Patterson AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 Wright-Patterson AFB?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 11.1 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Wright-Patterson AFB?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Shreve (1,559 residents, $66,011 income); Glouster (1,556 residents, $37,639 income); Beverly (1,584 residents, $47,446 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fort Deposit, AL (1,560 residents); Black Point-Green Point, CA (1,560 residents); Bismarck, MO (1,560 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.
Above median income · poverty 4.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
B-
City profile score · Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
69/100
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.
Poverty rate B
4.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$79,205
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).
Wright-Patterson AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 4.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 72/100 (B) · 38.2%
Household income: 59/100 (C) · $79,205
How does Wright-Patterson AFB compare to other US cities?
Wright-Patterson AFB measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income61% 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 Wright-Patterson AFB 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 Wright-Patterson AFB near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Wright-Patterson AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Wright-Patterson AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#313 of 1,145
73rd percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#777 of 1,196
35th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#184 of 1,196
84th 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
61st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$79,205Wright-Patterson AFB, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Wright-Patterson AFB, 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 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,560
Median Income
$79,205
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.6
Poverty Rate
4.0%
Labor force participation
43.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
11.1 minutes
Drive Alone
66.7%
Carpool
13.2%
Public Transit
9.1%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
8.6%
Other
1.0%
Based on 945 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 Wright-Patterson AFB. 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 Wright-Patterson AFB 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 Wright-Patterson AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Wright-Patterson AFB 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.