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39.82° N · 84.23° W · GEOID 3972284

Shiloh

Montgomery County, Ohio · part of the Dayton, OH metro

OhioShiloh, OHShilohShiloh

The short answer

Shiloh is home to 10,526 people. Median household income is $45,874 a year and median rent is $883 a month, 23.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $126,800, about 2.8x annual median household income.

What sets Shiloh apart is how tight household budgets are. Money left after rent is $36,500, against $52,200 in its closest peers. Also notable: Unemployment is 11.4%, against 4.3% in its closest peers.

21OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Weak

Shiloh scores better than 21% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 260th of 290 in Ohio.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%57
Economy 20%4
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%30
Education 10%45
Commute 10%78
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$883
35% below the median place
Median household income
$45,874
43% below the median place
Median home value
$126,800
60% below the median place
Unemployment
11.4%
134% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Shiloh

  • HousingHomeowners pay a median of about 2% of home value a year in property tax, more than in 90% of the 2,101 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Shiloh

Montgomery County loses about 0.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in21,282
Moved out21,649
Net−367

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Greene County, OH3,5493,690−141
Warren County, OH1,6211,801−180
Miami County, OH1,1581,541−383
Butler County, OH1,216931+285

Within Ohio, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within OhioOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$55K
Leavers$64K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Montgomery County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.5% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.9% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Montgomery County report $55,400 a year in income on average; those leaving, $64,300, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$35,300 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $883 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,237 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $126,800.
Getting to work
20 minutes each way on average; 10.1% work from home; 1.2% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Wytheville, VA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
5.5%
5% below the median place
Income of households moving in7
$55,381
22% below the median place
Income of households moving out7
$64,310
8% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureShilohAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year15.5%5% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.9%3% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-0.950% below
Income of households moving in7County figure$55,38122% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$64,3108% below
02

What it costs to live here

The median household earns $45,874 a year, less than in 94% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

Shiloh23.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$35,320
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
23.1%
13% above the median place
Home price to income
2.8x
27% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
23%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$36,600
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Shiloh, $883 a month, and local prices for everything else (96.8 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Shiloh, but easier on the budget

Places that match Shiloh on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Wytheville, VA9219.3% vs 23.1%n/aCompare
Somerset, PA9117.3% vs 23.1%n/aCompare
Milford, OH9114.5% vs 23.1%$32,400Compare
Niles, OH9018.8% vs 23.1%$7,400Compare

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Median home value1
$126,800
60% below the median place
Property tax rate1
2.0%
123% above the median place
Homeownership1
47.9%
28% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureShilohAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$88335% below
Rent to income123.1%13% above
Property tax rate12.0%123% above
Home price to income12.8x27% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure92.78% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,24823% below
HUD area median income4County figure$103,0004% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,57421% below
Median home value1$126,80060% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure5.7%77% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure55.8%8% above
Homeownership147.9%28% below
Renters paying 30%+158.5%16% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,23734% below
Vacant homes19.6%37% above
Median year built119611% below
03

Work and pay

Unemployment averaged 11.4% over the survey period, higher than in 96% of the 2,058 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

Unemployment1
11.4%
134% above the median place
Median household income1
$45,874
43% below the median place
Poverty rate1
24.5%
127% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Mean commute20 min −18%
Income per person$33,794 −16%
Works from home10.1% −19%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureShilohAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$45,87443% below
Income per person1$33,79416% below
Unemployment111.4%134% above
Average annual pay6County figure$63,7883% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure3.8%3% above
Jobs6County figure251,92567% above
Poverty rate124.5%127% above
Mean commute120 min18% below
Works from home110.1%19% below
Commutes by transit1County figure1.2%38% above
04

Who lives here

Households average 1.78 people, smaller than than in 99% of the 2,300 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 290 Ohio places we track.

Household size1
1.8
29% below the median place
Homes with broadband1
82.3%
11% below the median place
Median age1
46.7
20% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Born abroad3.2% −63%
No health insurance9.4% +47%
High school or higher94.9% +3%
Bachelor's or higher29.4% −8%
All 8 people measures
MeasureShilohAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population110,5263997th largest
Median age146.720% above
Bachelor's or higher129.4%8% below
High school or higher194.9%3% above
Household size11.829% below
Born abroad13.2%63% below
No health insurance19.4%47% above
Homes with broadband182.3%11% below
05

Life in Shiloh

The nearest National Park Service site is Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, about 8 miles away.

164 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 7 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents5.7 −44%
Playgrounds per 10k5.7 −39%
Grocery stores per 10k1.9 −10%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1.9 −83%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −85%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.5 2.4×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park 8 miles
  • Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument 20 miles
  • William Howard Taft National Historic Site 50 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars20.0 −4%
Shops28.1 −7%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.0 −27%
Doctors' offices and clinics20.2 +0%
Child care centers2.9 +26%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
7.7
75% below the median place
Public schools12
157
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students12
73,817
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureShilohAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure157above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure73,817above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure18.017% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure20.04% below
Shops per 10k8County figure28.17% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.027% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure20.20% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.926% above
Parks per 10k95.744% below
Playgrounds per 10k95.739% below
Grocery stores per 10k91.910% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k91.983% below
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.385% below
Transit stops per sq mi90.5143% above
Nearest National Park Service site107.775% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10350% above
National Register listings11County figure164above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 92.6, 14% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Shiloh. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk14
92.6
14% above the median place
January average low13
21°F
16% below the median place
Wildfire risk14
44.1
28% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureShilohAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure85°F2% below
January average low13County figure21°F16% below
Average temperature13County figure53°F4% below
Annual precipitation13County figure41.6 in5% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure92.70% above
Hurricane risk14County figure49.230% below
Tornado risk14County figure92.614% above
Wildfire risk14County figure44.128% below
Heat wave risk14County figure88.72% below
Median air quality index15County figure467% above
Good air days15County figure60.3%12% below
08

Shiloh in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 23% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 23% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Shiloh does better than 57% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 28%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$883/mo (2024)$1,130/mo$920 to $1,370/mo+4.1%
Median household income$45,874 (2024)$58,000$49,000 to $68,500+4.0%
Median home value$126,800 (2024)$179,000$130,000 to $247,000+5.9%

The median home would be worth 3.1 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.8 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Shiloh

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Hot Springs, AR$914$47,760Compare
Bluefield, WV$804$49,375Compare
Ludington, MI$902$46,411Compare
Adams, MA$927$48,775Compare
Adams, MALudington, MIBluefield, WVHot Springs, ARShiloh, OHShilohHot SpringsBluefieldLudingtonAdamsShilohHot SpringsBluefieldLudingtonAdams

Places built like Shiloh

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Shiloh performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Shiloh, OH23.1%4.7%/yrn/a
Ludington, MI23.3%0.5%/yr-0.8%Compare
Milford, OH14.5%8.7%/yr-2.2%Compare
Niles, OH18.8%3.0%/yr-1.8%Compare
Monroe, WI14.9%6.5%/yr-0.8%Compare
Canandaigua, NY20.2%5.7%/yr-0.8%Compare
Sturgeon Bay, WI22.0%0.8%/yr2.7%Compare

Common questions

Is Shiloh a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 21 out of 100, better than 21% of the places we rate and 260th of 290 in Ohio. Homeowners pay a median of about 2% of home value a year in property tax, more than in 90% of the 2,101 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 7 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Shiloh expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 23.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $126,800.

What salary do you need to live in Shiloh?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $35,320 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Shiloh?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Hot Springs, AR, Bluefield, WV, Ludington, MI and Adams, MA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Shiloh with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Shiloh itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/shiloh-montgomery-county-ohio

Citytistics. “Shiloh, Ohio.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/shiloh-montgomery-county-ohio/

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