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Moving to
Amelia.
Amelia is an unincorporated community in Clermont County, OH. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.
What it's like to live in Amelia
Amelia is an unincorporated community in Ohio with rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Amelia deals with commute times longer than most cities, larger class sizes than the national average, cold winters, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.
The good
- Rent below the national average
- Affordable home prices
The not so good
- Above-average commute times
- High student-teacher ratio
- Cold winters
- Car-dependent — few commuters use transit
How Amelia compares
Median household income
Median rent (per month)
Median home value
What it takes to move to Amelia
Based on Amelia's median rent, home value and household income
To rent
$1,914
up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit
- Income to keep rent under 30%: $38,280 a year
- 40% of Amelia renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent
To buy
$46,080
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $23,040
- Homes cost 3.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Cost of living▼ 32% below US
$957/mo median rent
Rent here is genuinely low, with median rent around $957 a month. Factoring in local incomes, the value gets even better. Money stretches further here than in most of the country. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $230,400. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.
Median home value $230,400 · 40% of renters cost-burdened
Job market
4.4% county unemployment
Unemployment in Clermont County is 4.4%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.
Clermont County (county-wide)
Safety
49 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction
Amelia doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Batavia Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.
Property crime 1130/100k · Policed by Batavia Police Department (township-wide rate) · 2025 data
Getting around▲ 21% above US
32 min average commute
Traffic is a real factor here. The 31.5 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 10% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are warm, with highs around 85°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 26°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Education & workforce▼ 33% below US
24% bachelor's degree or higher
College degree attainment runs below average at 24%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.
Schools
1 public school inside the boundary
There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21:1, above the national average of 16:1.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is William Howard Taft National Historic Site (17 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.
Bottom line
Amelia's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are commute times longer than most cities and cold winters. A year of median rent ($957/mo) equals 16% of the median household income here, less than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.
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