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Moving to
Mack.
Mack is an unincorporated community in Hamilton 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 Mack
Mack is an unincorporated community in Ohio with household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Mack deals with air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, larger class sizes than the national average, a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, and cold winters.
The good
- Higher-than-average incomes
- Highly educated workforce
The not so good
- Air quality concerns
- High student-teacher ratio
- High rent burden for renters
- Cold winters
- Car-dependent — few commuters use transit
How Mack compares
Median household income
Median home value
What it takes to move to Mack
Based on Mack's median rent, home value and household income
To buy
$62,880
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $31,440
- Homes cost 2.6× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Job market
4.6% county unemployment
Unemployment in Hamilton County is 4.6%, 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.
Hamilton County (county-wide)
Safety
131 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction
Mack doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Green Township 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 1560/100k · Policed by Green Township Police Department (township-wide rate) · 2025 data
Getting aroundNear US average
26 min average commute
Commutes run about average, at 25.5 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 17% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are warm, with highs around 84°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 25°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Education & workforce▲ 11% above US
40% bachelor's degree or higher
Education levels run about average, with 40% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.
Schools
2 public schools inside the boundary
There are 2 public schools inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 25:1, above the national average of 16:1.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is William Howard Taft National Historic Site (9 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.
Bottom line
Mack's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are air quality that falls short of national benchmarks and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin. It tends to suit remote workers (17% of workers here already work from home).
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