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White Oak, Ohio.

A community in Hamilton County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hamilton County’s.

Living in White Oak, Hamilton County, Ohio

White Oak, in Hamilton County, had 19,541 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $70,341 a year and half less, against $72,470 across Hamilton County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Hamilton County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 19,541 in the 2020 census; median age 37.7
Household income $70,341 the median, give or take $8,134 · Hamilton County: $72,470
Unemployment 3.7% Hamilton County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 71% lived in by their owners; 29% rented
  • 7,918households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 16%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Manufacturing15%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hamilton County had 514,266 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 22°; warmest in July, 85° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 22° F M A M J J 85° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 22°; warmest in July, 85° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 22° F M A M J J 85° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 65°. About 16 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cheviot weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in White Oak

  1. Northwest Local SchoolsSchool district1,595FTE
  2. Clippard Instrument LaboratoryFluid power valves and hose fittings manufacturing179
  3. Duke EnergyNatural gas distribution145
  4. Duke EnergyElectric bulk power transmission and control70
  5. Porter Precision ProductsSubpresses, machine tool, manufacturing51
  6. Grippo ChipsPotato chips manufacturing48
  7. Nolte Precise ManufacturingPrecision turned product manufacturing43
  8. Zimmer heating and coolingHeating, ventilation and air-conditioning contractors40

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 601 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of White OakRelatively moderate
  3. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in White Oak’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hamilton County.