Monfort Heights 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 Monfort Heights

Monfort Heights is an unincorporated community in Ohio with rent below the national average, home prices that remain within reach, and a highly educated workforce. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Monfort Heights deals with air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, a population that has been shrinking, larger class sizes than the national average, and cold winters.

The good

  • Rent below the national average
  • Affordable home prices
  • Highly educated workforce

The not so good

  • Air quality concerns
  • Shrinking population
  • High student-teacher ratio
  • Cold winters
  • Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Monfort Heights compares

Median household income

Monfort Heights$88,457
Ohio avg$71,389
US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Monfort Heights$1,065
Ohio avg$1,034
US$1,413

Median home value

Monfort Heights$233,500
Ohio avg$214,800
US$332,700

What it takes to move to Monfort Heights

Based on Monfort Heights's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,130

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

  • Income to keep rent under 30%: $42,600 a year
  • 49% of Monfort Heights renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$46,700

a 20% down payment on the median home

  • With 10% down: $23,350
  • Homes cost 2.6× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 25% below US

$1,065/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,065 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $233,500. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $233,500 · 49% of renters cost-burdened

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

Monfort Heights 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

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 24.7 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; 15% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone
79%
Work from home
15%
Carpool
4.9%
Walk
0.6%
Other
0.6%

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

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)
10°30°50°70°90°5.5"Jan: 3.59" precipitationFeb: 3.19" precipitationMar: 4.47" precipitationApr: 4.91" precipitationMay: 5.21" precipitationJun: 4.85" precipitationJul: 4.32" precipitationAug: 3.47" precipitationSep: 3.32" precipitationOct: 3.47" precipitationNov: 3.42" precipitationDec: 3.96" precipitation22°JJan: high 37°F, low 22°FFFeb: high 42°F, low 25°FMMar: high 52°F, low 33°FAApr: high 65°F, low 43°FMMay: high 74°F, low 53°FJJun: high 82°F, low 62°F85°JJul: high 85°F, low 65°FAAug: high 85°F, low 64°FSSep: high 78°F, low 57°FOOct: high 66°F, low 45°FNNov: high 53°F, low 35°FDDec: high 42°F, low 27°F

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Healthcare

1 hospital

There's one Medicare-certified hospital inside city limits, rated 4.0 out of 5 by Medicare. Hospitals in neighboring towns aren't counted here.

Medicare-certified hospitals

Education & workforce▲ 17% above US

42% bachelor's degree or higher

The population is well-educated, with 42% holding college degrees. That points to a strong professional base and generally a healthy local economy.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is William Howard Taft National Historic Site (7 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Monfort Heights's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are air quality that falls short of national benchmarks and a population that has been shrinking. A year of median rent ($1,065/mo) equals 14% of the median household income here, less than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget, remote workers (15% of workers here already work from home), and college-educated professionals.

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