West Carrollton, Ohio

Area Profile

12,976 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for West Carrollton, in Montgomery County.

65out of 100
Area Score
Top 34% of 2,944 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 31% of 3,904 published cities65
Schools1923rd of 2,668 published cities34
Growth2615th of 2,973 published cities25
Housing affordabilityTop 19% of 4,223 published cities95
Climate2440th of 4,223 published cities68
Physical resilienceTop 17% of 4,182 published cities85
AccessTop 36% of 4,226 published cities95
Economic stabilityTop 48% of 4,226 published cities61
The quick read

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 20% of median household income and the median home is 2.5 times it.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published city profiles, placing West Carrollton in the top 17% for physical resilience.

A major airport is 16 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
12,976
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$61,619
Bottom 42% nationally
Density
2,019/sq mi
6.4 sq mi of land
Median age
36.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Montgomery County
Ohio
Metro area
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
Nearest major airport
DAY
16 mi · James M Cox Dayton Intl
Median home value
$156,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.9% is lower than 66% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment grew 0.8% over the past year, to 248,665 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$4,787$61,619Bottom 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,155$35,239Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate16.0%Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute23.9 minBottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher21.7%Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment248,665Top 26%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.2%Top 20%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.8%Top 15%June 2026
Labor force258,733Top 26%June 2026
Labor force participation70.9%Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$65,730Bottom 35%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,980Bottom 40%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-1.3%Bottom 1%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.9%Bottom 34%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202462k48k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $61,619 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers11,860$27,680
Registered Nurses11,640$82,510
General and Operations Managers10,180$98,030
Retail Salespersons9,170$30,360
Stockers and Order Fillers8,770$36,750
Cashiers7,300$28,750

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Montgomery County, OH, which contains this city.

47% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 50% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 16.2 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
16.2
across all schools here
Math proficiency
46.9%
Bottom 33% in Ohio
Reading proficiency
50.3%
Bottom 31% in Ohio
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
West Carrollton High SchoolWest Carrollton City84613.6
West Carrollton Early Childhood CenterWest Carrollton City65718.8
Harold Schnell Elementary SchoolWest Carrollton City50420.254%55%
West Carrollton Middle SchoolWest Carrollton City47915.532%42%
Bauer Primary SchoolMiamisburg City31118.365%61%
Harry Russell Elementary SchoolWest Carrollton City23117.839%41%
Miami Valley Academies · charterMiami Valley Academies11810.7

49.2% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Ohio’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,028 takes 20% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.5 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
20.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,028
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$156,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.55Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate55.9%Bottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4126,162Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$74$1,028Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$6,425$156,900Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income20.0%Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.4%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
25/ 100
Ranks 2615 of 2,973 published city profiles
Permitting is decreasing, measured from 2022 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 1% since 2020, reaching 12,911 in 2024.

At 0.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
0
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.0
Bottom 1% nationally
Year over year
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202413k13k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
20222023202420251.00.0
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 41.0 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 47, in the Good band, and about 4 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DAYTON WRIGHT BROS AP, 5.5 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index64.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation41.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10042024 calendar year
Median air quality index47.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing45°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
47
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
64
90th percentile index
Days above 100
4
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

85 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, strong wind and hail.

Strong windModerate
Ice stormModerate
HailModerate
EarthquakeModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, cold wave, lightning, tornado, winter weather, landslide, hurricane, wildfire, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Montgomery County records 7.5 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 15.5 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 24.7 per 100,000 residents in Montgomery County.

Homicide
7.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
15.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
24.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
14.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Montgomery County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around West Carrollton rather than West Carrollton itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 16 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
James M Cox Dayton IntlDAY16 mi8,502 ft
Wilmington Air ParkILN30 mi10,701 ft
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky IntlCVG48 mi10,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
DaytonMontgomery County136,57960vs West Carrollton
KetteringMontgomery County57,20671vs West Carrollton
BeavercreekGreene County47,126vs West Carrollton
Huber HeightsMontgomery County43,455vs West Carrollton
FairbornGreene County34,53475vs West Carrollton
TroyMiami County26,842vs West Carrollton
XeniaGreene County25,68973vs West Carrollton
CentervilleMontgomery County25,20579vs West Carrollton
RiversideMontgomery County24,435vs West Carrollton
TrotwoodMontgomery County23,041vs West Carrollton
PiquaMiami County20,646vs West Carrollton
MiamisburgMontgomery County19,94874vs West Carrollton

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in West Carrollton

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
4544919,066$63,80066