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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Ohio

The counties where FEMA's expected annual loss per household is smallest. Low exposure is one of the few housing-cost advantages that never shows up in the listing price. It shows up in what an insurer actually charges, which is not the same as the insurance figure in these tables, since that is a statewide average and cannot vary by county. Expected annual loss is FEMA's National Risk Index figure for the county, divided by the number of occupied housing units the Census reports there.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Ohio ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Lake County $417Relatively Low$199,900
2 Mahoning County $433Relatively Moderate$141,100
3 Richland County $445Relatively Low$154,000
4 Summit County $445Relatively Moderate$195,700
5 Portage County $447Relatively Low$210,500
6 Medina County $482Relatively Low$268,000
7 Stark County $493Relatively Moderate$177,700
8 Ashtabula County $499Relatively Low$149,600
9 Wayne County $503Relatively Low$204,600
10 Trumbull County $510Relatively Moderate$128,100
11 Cuyahoga County $510Relatively High$183,200
12 Montgomery County $518Relatively Moderate$167,400
13 Lorain County $523Relatively Moderate$207,200
14 Clermont County $551Relatively Low$245,600
15 Geauga County $555Relatively Low$305,100
16 Carroll County $559Very Low$174,500
17 Tuscarawas County $563Relatively Low$176,800
18 Guernsey County $572Very Low$154,100
19 Clark County $591Relatively Low$155,900
20 Perry County $604Very Low$178,300
21 Franklin County $605Relatively High$265,700
22 Columbiana County $606Relatively Low$139,100
23 Lucas County $611Relatively Moderate$155,200
24 Greene County $617Relatively Low$238,000
25 Hamilton County $628Relatively High$225,700
26 Jackson County $641Very Low$140,400
27 Fairfield County $650Relatively Low$272,200
28 Miami County $650Relatively Low$209,200
29 Morrow County $655Very Low$200,800
30 Erie County $659Relatively Low$183,900
31 Crawford County $677Very Low$123,600
32 Champaign County $678Very Low$186,300
33 Warren County $685Relatively Low$319,700
34 Harrison County $685Very Low$118,000
35 Licking County $698Relatively Low$250,700
36 Clinton County $702Very Low$192,800
37 Huron County $709Relatively Low$158,900
38 Coshocton County $710Relatively Low$142,300
39 Ashland County $712Relatively Low$175,900
40 Madison County $720Very Low$231,400
41 Ross County $730Relatively Low$158,500
42 Van Wert County $731Very Low$137,300
43 Seneca County $733Relatively Low$136,200
44 Fulton County $737Very Low$176,000
45 Vinton County $737Very Low$131,700
46 Highland County $777Relatively Low$157,000
47 Allen County $780Relatively Low$158,400
48 Auglaize County $782Very Low$182,000
49 Wood County $800Relatively Low$214,400
50 Marion County $803Relatively Low$146,200
51 Knox County $803Relatively Low$218,300
52 Williams County $808Relatively Low$140,000
53 Union County $808Very Low$306,600
54 Sandusky County $816Relatively Low$152,500
55 Fayette County $820Very Low$162,200
56 Butler County $824Relatively Moderate$243,000
57 Jefferson County $826Relatively Low$120,600
58 Muskingum County $859Relatively Low$170,100
59 Pickaway County $861Relatively Low$235,700
60 Delaware County $862Relatively Low$419,500
61 Preble County $872Relatively Low$171,100
62 Holmes County $879Relatively Low$251,800
63 Washington County $895Relatively Low$174,100
64 Hardin County $902Very Low$134,800
65 Scioto County $930Relatively Low$132,300
66 Shelby County $933Relatively Low$190,300
67 Wyandot County $938Very Low$159,500
68 Darke County $950Relatively Low$169,100
69 Logan County $963Relatively Low$186,200
70 Hancock County $976Relatively Low$196,500
71 Pike County $978Relatively Low$148,500
72 Noble County $1,013Very Low$149,300
73 Defiance County $1,020Very Low$150,900
74 Gallia County $1,023Relatively Low$135,000
75 Brown County $1,032Relatively Low$181,100
76 Putnam County $1,058Very Low$191,600
77 Paulding County $1,098Very Low$126,800
78 Belmont County $1,105Relatively Low$143,000
79 Mercer County $1,106Very Low$208,600
80 Athens County $1,121Relatively Low$173,800
81 Morgan County $1,167Very Low$134,200
82 Monroe County $1,178Very Low$132,000
83 Henry County $1,195Very Low$166,000
84 Lawrence County $1,219Relatively Low$135,600
85 Ottawa County $1,221Relatively Low$200,700
86 Hocking County $1,222Relatively Low$172,300
87 Adams County $1,250Relatively Low$157,500
88 Meigs County $1,307Relatively Low$113,400

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Ohio

Other rankings

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