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Wilberforce, Ohio.

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

Living in Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio

Wilberforce, in Greene County, had 2,410 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Greene County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Greene County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,410 in the 2020 census; median age 20.1
Household income Too few homes in Wilberforce for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.3% Greene County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Wilberforce for the Census survey to measure.
  • 7%work from home

What people in Greene County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Government10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Greene County had 80,454 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 23°; warmest in July, 83° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 23° F M A M J J 83° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 23°; warmest in July, 83° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 23° F M A M J J 83° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 65°. About 20 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Xenia Sse weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Wilberforce

  1. Central State UniversityUniversity or college624
  2. Wilberforce UniversityUniversity or college158
  3. Sodexo at Central State UniversityFood service contractors33
  4. Payne Theological SeminaryUniversity or college21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 33 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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. Cold wavesRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Wilberforce’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 Greene County.