Stories from the data
Twelve rankings and tours built from the same public records as every page here, rebuilt with every update. Each one has a map of the whole state, a list of ZIP codes with links, how the figure was measured, and its sources.
The stories
Land, air and risk
The snowiest ZIP codes in Ohio
25 ZIP codes share the top figure, 114 inches a year, starting with 44022 · Chagrin Falls; the median Ohio ZIP code has 24 inches a year.
Water
Where Ohio's tap water comes from
Of Ohioans on a community water system, 3.4 million drink groundwater, 2.7 million Lake Erie, 2.2 million an inland river, 1.1 million a reservoir and 1.0 million the Ohio River.
History, schools and government
Ohio's oldest towns
Clearcreek Township, 1797, is the earliest of the 51 towns researched so far.
Land, air and risk
Where radon tests run highest
43014 · Union Township and Danville leads at 35.3 pCi/L; the median Ohio ZIP code has 4.3 pCi/L.
Utilities and getting around
The most walkable ZIP codes in Ohio
43215 · Columbus leads at 18.2 of 20; the median Ohio ZIP code has 5.6 of 20.
Home
Where home prices doubled
43211 · Columbus leads at +244% in ten years; the median Ohio ZIP code has +92% in ten years.
Land, air and risk
What is left of Ohio's wetlands
44064 · Montville Township and Montville leads at 33.8% of the land; the median Ohio ZIP code has 1.4% of the land.
Utilities and getting around
The busiest roads in Ohio
2 ZIP codes share the top figure, 195,362 vehicles a day, starting with 43219 · Columbus; the median Ohio ZIP code has 11,543 vehicles a day.
Water
Lead at the tap
43338 · Mount Gilead leads at 12.6 ppb; the median Ohio ZIP code has 0.8 ppb.
Water
The healthiest and least healthy streams
43002 · Columbus and Amlin at 100% of the land impaired and 43005 · Jackson Township and Bladensburg at 0% of the land impaired; the median Ohio ZIP code sits at 81% of the land impaired.
People and health
Life expectancy across Ohio
44687 · Walnut Creek Township and Walnut Creek at 87.3 years and 44308 · Akron at 66.2 years; the median Ohio ZIP code sits at 77.9 years.
Land, air and risk
The ZIP codes with the most tornado tracks
45898 · Willshire Township and Willshire leads at 16 tracks since 1950; the median Ohio ZIP code has 4 tracks since 1950.
How the stories are made
The written frame of each story was drafted once; the numbers, the map and the lists come from the atlas data at every build, so a story never goes stale between updates. Every figure links to the ZIP code it describes, and every ZIP code page links to the record behind it. The 68 topics rank the whole state the same way; the figures are open data under CC BY 4.0.
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