You either have to own Skyline Chili or be a member of one of Ohio’s professional sports teams to live in our top ten richest cities in Ohio for 2026. This flyover state has many cities that cater to the lifestyle of the rich and famous of Ohio.
If you’re looking for safe cities with amazing schools and high-end shopping, you can stop your search. These cities in The Buckeye State have these 5-star amenities and then some.
How does one get their hand on one of these Ohio cities where living your best life is possible? You need to find a job that pays an average of $150,000/year.
Cities on our list like Bay Village offer any yachtie primo parking, and cities like Powell have some the fanciest golf courses this side of the Mississippi.
Multiple cities on our ten best places to live in Ohio for 2026 that are also on our richest list. Wealthy cities tend to have it all.
$234,821 median income · 3.1% poverty · #2 income in Ohio
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$227,813 median income · 1.8% poverty · #3 income in Ohio
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Cuyahoga County, OhioPepper Pike is an affluent eastern suburb of the Greater Cleveland area in the US state of Ohio. The population was 5,979 at the 2010 census.
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$185,592 median income · 4.0% poverty · #5 income in Ohio
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$238,250 median income · 1.4% poverty · #1 income in Ohio
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Licking County, OhioNew Albany is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, just northeast of the state capital of Columbus. Most of the city is located in Franklin County and a small portion extends into adjacent Licking County. The population was 7,724 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1837, it is now a growing suburb in the Columbus area. New Albany is a very wealthy community, with a per capita income that ranks 12th out of 1,065 places in the state of Ohio. The mayor of New Albany is Democrat Sloan Spalding who was elected in 2015.
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$195,495 median income · 1.1% poverty · #4 income in Ohio
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Delaware County, Ohioowell is an affluent city in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,500 at the 2010 census. The community was first settled around 1801, two years before Ohio became a state. It was named “Middlebury” at the time, because the first settlers came from the Middlebury, Connecticut area. In 1857, Judge Thomas Powell established the first post office in the community, and the residents decided to adopt his name. The town of Powell had its start in the building of the railroad through that territory. Powell was finally incorporated as a municipality in 1947. The population remained small until the late 1980s, when residential development expanding from the northern Columbus metropolitan area reached Powell. In twenty years, the population rose from less than 400 to over 6,000.
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$171,427 median income · 3.7% poverty · #7 income in Ohio
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Summit County, OhioCoordinates: 411423N 812627W 41.2398397; -81.4407840
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$170,063 median income · 16.0% poverty · #8 income in Ohio
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$152,273 median income · 3.9% poverty · #17 income in Ohio
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$155,167 median income · 3.3% poverty · #15 income in Ohio
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Franklin County, OhioUpper Arlington is a suburb in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. As of July, 2015, the population was estimated to be 34,907.
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$157,841 median income · 3.5% poverty · #13 income in Ohio
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Franklin County, OhioBexley is a suburban city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,057 at the 2010 census. Founded as a village over a hundred years ago, the City of Bexley is an old, tree-lined suburb of Columbus, the Ohio state capital, situated on the banks of Alum Creek next to Driving Park and Wolfe Park, just east of the Franklin Park Conservatory. It is horizontally bisected by the National Road, serving as a reminder of Bexley’s origins as a merger between the prestigious Bullitt Park neighborhood to the north, and the Lutheran college community of Pleasant Ridge to the south.
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Ohio statewide median: $71,389
Ohio statewide median: $242,141
Ohio statewide median: 13.3%
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Saturday Night Science
How we determined the richest places in Ohio for 2026
The first thing most people reach for is personal income. After all, rich people have really high salaries. But one statistic doesn’t capture what it means to be one of the “richest places,” so we applied Saturday Night Science to two measures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey:
- Median household income
- Median home value
Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place is, and home values are a measure of accumulated wealth. The two combine to define a “Rich City.”
After collecting the data for all 328 places in Ohio with more than 3,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 328 on both criteria, then averaged the two ranks into a “Rich Score.” The place with the lowest Rich Score, The Village of Indian Hill, is crowned the richest city in Ohio for 2026.
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All 100 richest cities in Ohio, ranked
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| Rank | City | Rich Score | Population | Median income | Median home value | Poverty | Unemployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Village of Indian Hill | 1.50 | 6,052 | $234,821 | $1,625,644 | 3.1% | 1.0% |
| 2 | Pepper Pike | 3.00 | 6,840 | $227,813 | $696,160 | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| 3 | Moreland Hills | 3.50 | 3,456 | $185,592 | $731,145 | 4.0% | 2.7% |
| 4 | New Albany | 4.00 | 10,896 | $238,250 | $632,192 | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| 5 | Powell | 7.00 | 14,451 | $195,495 | $567,815 | 1.1% | 2.0% |
| 6 | Hudson | 10.50 | 23,039 | $171,427 | $542,265 | 3.7% | 1.3% |
| 7 | Orange | 10.50 | 3,485 | $170,063 | $551,009 | 16.0% | 4.1% |
| 8 | Mariemont | 10.50 | 3,474 | $152,273 | $684,940 | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| 9 | Upper Arlington | 10.50 | 36,293 | $155,167 | $632,819 | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| 10 | Bexley | 11.00 | 13,114 | $157,841 | $572,577 | 3.5% | 2.5% |
| 11 | Dublin | 11.50 | 49,294 | $160,296 | $559,786 | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| 12 | Montgomery | 11.50 | 10,855 | $150,995 | $677,977 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
| 13 | Amberley | 12.00 | 3,826 | $154,688 | $588,030 | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| 14 | Madeira | 13.00 | 9,484 | $167,653 | $531,046 | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| 15 | South Russell | 13.00 | 3,956 | $171,875 | $487,890 | 2.1% | 2.0% |
| 16 | Wyoming | 17.00 | 8,723 | $165,188 | $483,221 | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| 17 | Avon | 22.50 | 25,317 | $135,915 | $471,403 | 3.0% | 1.8% |
| 18 | Mason | 22.50 | 35,509 | $125,401 | $510,362 | 3.6% | 2.0% |
| 19 | Solon | 22.50 | 23,943 | $139,089 | $452,828 | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| 20 | Grandview Heights | 22.50 | 8,647 | $117,672 | $554,974 | 6.0% | 1.2% |
| 21 | Granville | 23.50 | 5,999 | $124,408 | $507,108 | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| 22 | Plain City | 23.50 | 3,829 | $117,972 | $537,522 | 3.5% | 2.7% |
| 23 | Worthington | 25.00 | 14,938 | $127,382 | $478,891 | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| 24 | Ottawa Hills | 25.50 | 4,798 | $167,917 | $401,865 | 3.3% | 5.7% |
| 25 | Brecksville | 25.50 | 13,692 | $135,000 | $437,032 | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| 26 | Aurora | 28.00 | 17,581 | $127,886 | $428,906 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| 27 | Oakwood | 29.50 | 9,458 | $156,667 | $396,573 | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| 28 | Canal Winchester | 30.00 | 10,170 | $131,209 | $415,360 | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| 29 | Bay Village | 30.50 | 15,984 | $132,254 | $410,254 | 4.0% | 2.3% |
| 30 | Springboro | 31.50 | 19,980 | $119,659 | $427,302 | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| 31 | Blue Ash | 31.50 | 13,455 | $115,313 | $447,598 | 4.0% | 1.2% |
| 32 | Highland Heights | 32.50 | 8,623 | $122,863 | $418,478 | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| 33 | Avon Lake | 34.00 | 25,752 | $115,567 | $422,131 | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| 34 | Beachwood | 34.50 | 13,865 | $106,748 | $483,433 | 3.8% | 5.4% |
| 35 | Westerville | 35.50 | 38,645 | $109,404 | $446,095 | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| 36 | Hilliard | 36.00 | 38,033 | $128,189 | $384,175 | 5.8% | 2.7% |
| 37 | Pickerington | 36.00 | 24,477 | $111,833 | $419,073 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| 38 | Westlake | 37.50 | 34,104 | $112,200 | $414,010 | 4.9% | 3.5% |
| 39 | Chagrin Falls | 38.50 | 4,201 | $99,672 | $493,592 | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| 40 | Commercial Point | 40.50 | 3,141 | $107,868 | $418,264 | 4.1% | 1.3% |
| 41 | Kirtland | 41.00 | 6,911 | $110,455 | $404,639 | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| 42 | Mayfield | 46.00 | 3,321 | $125,962 | $351,601 | 4.2% | 8.8% |
| 43 | South Lebanon | 48.00 | 6,712 | $104,511 | $386,045 | 6.4% | 12.1% |
| 44 | Loveland | 48.50 | 13,197 | $94,323 | $445,808 | 7.8% | 2.9% |
| 45 | Independence | 48.50 | 7,534 | $115,733 | $354,545 | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| 46 | Delaware | 48.50 | 44,589 | $99,786 | $407,929 | 7.8% | 2.6% |
| 47 | Gahanna | 49.00 | 35,486 | $109,061 | $374,129 | 5.6% | 2.6% |
| 48 | Broadview Heights | 54.00 | 19,771 | $103,125 | $365,133 | 5.1% | 1.5% |
| 49 | Strongsville | 56.00 | 45,983 | $103,253 | $360,031 | 5.3% | 2.7% |
| 50 | Monroe | 56.00 | 15,401 | $105,250 | $352,114 | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| 51 | Perrysburg | 57.50 | 25,181 | $111,643 | $330,761 | 4.1% | 3.7% |
| 52 | Rocky River | 57.50 | 21,490 | $94,026 | $393,092 | 5.4% | 2.6% |
| 53 | Beavercreek | 58.00 | 47,126 | $110,088 | $332,151 | 6.9% | 3.6% |
| 54 | Richfield | 58.50 | 3,721 | $82,560 | $487,652 | 4.4% | 3.8% |
| 55 | Waterville | 60.00 | 6,017 | $104,114 | $340,488 | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| 56 | Shaker Heights | 60.00 | 28,922 | $104,073 | $342,442 | 8.4% | 4.6% |
| 57 | Twinsburg | 60.50 | 19,410 | $99,144 | $354,964 | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| 58 | Bellbrook | 61.50 | 7,394 | $111,513 | $317,414 | 3.3% | 0.6% |
| 59 | Whitehouse | 61.50 | 4,642 | $93,229 | $377,851 | 10.8% | 1.7% |
| 60 | Macedonia | 62.50 | 12,152 | $101,285 | $339,074 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
| 61 | Pataskala | 63.00 | 18,223 | $92,033 | $382,770 | 6.5% | 3.2% |
| 62 | Marysville | 65.50 | 27,518 | $92,619 | $364,500 | 6.7% | 3.1% |
| 63 | Sylvania | 68.00 | 19,055 | $100,189 | $319,899 | 5.6% | 3.9% |
| 64 | Lebanon | 68.00 | 21,501 | $83,685 | $397,421 | 8.7% | 1.7% |
| 65 | Centerville | 69.50 | 25,205 | $85,492 | $383,031 | 8.6% | 3.4% |
| 66 | Harrison | 70.00 | 13,084 | $100,000 | $316,154 | 6.9% | 1.5% |
| 67 | Yellow Springs | 70.50 | 3,711 | $85,982 | $375,220 | 8.4% | 6.0% |
| 68 | Canfield | 71.00 | 7,649 | $97,439 | $319,365 | 4.1% | 6.0% |
| 69 | North Ridgeville | 71.50 | 36,627 | $96,698 | $325,234 | 5.7% | 2.7% |
| 70 | Chardon | 72.50 | 5,249 | $86,613 | $363,602 | 6.7% | 3.2% |
| 71 | Sheffield | 73.50 | 4,380 | $107,837 | $286,293 | 1.7% | 2.8% |
| 72 | Grove City | 75.00 | 42,517 | $93,161 | $330,211 | 6.4% | 3.0% |
| 73 | Fairlawn | 75.50 | 7,711 | $97,055 | $309,743 | 4.1% | 2.2% |
| 74 | Green | 75.50 | 27,393 | $95,047 | $315,866 | 7.1% | 2.9% |
| 75 | Seven Hills | 77.50 | 11,603 | $97,222 | $299,505 | 4.8% | 2.5% |
| 76 | Groveport | 79.50 | 5,900 | $93,586 | $311,011 | 6.8% | 4.2% |
| 77 | Olmsted Falls | 80.50 | 8,639 | $96,837 | $297,060 | 6.0% | 2.9% |
| 78 | North Royalton | 82.50 | 30,972 | $83,670 | $334,792 | 5.8% | 4.6% |
| 79 | Minster | 83.00 | 3,182 | $88,000 | $324,834 | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| 80 | Brunswick | 83.00 | 35,246 | $90,663 | $313,497 | 6.1% | 2.0% |
| 81 | Grafton | 84.50 | 5,657 | $90,724 | $307,182 | 9.2% | 5.9% |
| 82 | Medina | 85.50 | 25,950 | $77,385 | $374,184 | 8.3% | 5.9% |
| 83 | Stow | 86.50 | 34,240 | $93,727 | $284,989 | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| 84 | University Heights | 88.50 | 13,394 | $96,971 | $278,811 | 11.1% | 5.3% |
| 85 | Cleves | 89.50 | 3,388 | $77,188 | $362,123 | 13.7% | 6.7% |
| 86 | Tipp City | 91.50 | 10,439 | $78,098 | $344,989 | 6.2% | 2.0% |
| 87 | Milford | 95.50 | 6,497 | $78,057 | $331,272 | 9.9% | 5.2% |
| 88 | Tallmadge | 96.00 | 18,335 | $89,410 | $282,064 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| 89 | South Bloomfield | 97.00 | 3,329 | $75,625 | $348,198 | 10.8% | 5.5% |
| 90 | Streetsboro | 97.00 | 17,661 | $90,274 | $279,257 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| 91 | Amherst | 98.00 | 12,906 | $90,725 | $274,430 | 6.2% | 4.8% |
| 92 | Wadsworth | 98.00 | 24,492 | $79,490 | $311,603 | 8.1% | 2.9% |
| 93 | Doyle | 101.00 | 3,048 | $79,181 | $302,677 | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| 94 | Huron | 104.50 | 6,757 | $78,333 | $298,446 | 5.6% | 3.1% |
| 95 | Mentor | 105.00 | 47,171 | $88,949 | $269,569 | 5.2% | 2.9% |
| 96 | Germantown | 106.00 | 5,825 | $90,125 | $265,382 | 7.6% | 6.9% |
| 97 | North Olmsted | 107.00 | 31,924 | $84,363 | $270,520 | 8.3% | 3.0% |
| 98 | Clayton | 108.00 | 13,277 | $92,879 | $253,570 | 7.0% | 2.5% |
| 99 | Trenton | 108.00 | 13,583 | $80,635 | $279,523 | 7.2% | 4.3% |
| 100 | Munroe Falls | 110.00 | 5,000 | $81,214 | $274,601 | 7.3% | 3.7% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, Zillow research. 328 cities with more than 3,000 residents.
The Village of Indian Hill is the richest place in Ohio for 2026
When we set out to identify the richest places in Ohio, we weren’t sure what we’d find, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in the state. The richest cities in Ohio are The Village of Indian Hill, Pepper Pike, and Moreland Hills, and when you look at the data they sit at the very top of the income ladder for everyone who lives there.
Breaking into the top ten takes a median household income of at least $152,273. If you’re curious about the other end of the ledger, the poorest places are listed to the right.
