Cracked BuckeyeCracked Buckeye

Kelleys Island

Erie County · 256 residents

Lake Erie. Kelleys Island Village. The water here

Open on the map Compare with another place
Erie County

43438 in 10 facts

The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.

  1. Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Lake Erie. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1826 The town here was settled around 1826, later than 72% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Groundwater 221 Groundwater here is more vulnerable than most: a DRASTIC index of 221, higher than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: ODNR Geological Survey
  4. School tax 10.7 mills School property tax runs low here: 10.7 effective mills, lower than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Ohio tax data series
  5. Building permits 306.5 units per 1,000 residents New housing has grown fast here: 306.5 units permitted per 1,000 residents from 2016 through 2025, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census building permits
  6. Algal toxins 30.0 µg/L Algal toxins run high here: raw water has tested up to 30.0 µg/L of microcystin, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs with a result. Source: Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems
  7. Upward mobility 53 Children from low-income families reached farther here: a household income rank of 53 at age 35, higher than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Opportunity Atlas
  8. Air 9.9 µg/m³ Air quality runs worse here: PM2.5 at the nearest monitor averages 9.9 µg/m³, higher than 96% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA air data files
  9. Disasters 0 This ZIP has little tornado history: 0 recorded with a track within 5 miles since 1950, fewer than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA SPC tornado data
  10. Flood 23.1% Flood exposure runs high here: 23.1% of residents live in FEMA's 1% annual chance floodplain, more than 96% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FEMA flood hazard layer

Local events in 43438

Nothing is posted for ZIP 43438 itself yet; here is what is on within 20 miles. All local events in 43438

  1. "Spook and Find" Scavenger Hunt at Sandusky Farmers Market

    10 to 11 a.m. · Sandusky Library Outdoors Columbus Avenue · Sandusky · 10 mi · From Sandusky Library

  2. OhGo Food Drive-Open to the Community

    9 to 11 a.m. · Margaretta Elementary School · Margaretta Township · 15 mi · From Margaretta Local School District

  3. MMS/MHS Parent/Teacher Conferences

    3:45 to 7:45 p.m. · Margaretta High School · Castalia · 15 mi · From Margaretta Local School District

Know a calendar we should watch? Send the link

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Your ballot

Who represents 43438, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Erie County and Erie's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Erie County and Erie's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Erie CountyU.S. House district 9: Marcy Kaptur (D)Ohio Senate district 2: not on the 2026 ballot; the sitting member is Theresa Gavarone (R)Ohio House district 89: D. J. Swearingen (R)
Erie County and 43438's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 9——
Ohio SenateDistrict 2Theresa GavaroneR
Ohio HouseDistrict 89D. J. SwearingenR

U.S. House districts were redrawn for 2026 (Ohio Redistricting Commission, October 31, 2025). The district shown is the one on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which may differ from the district of your current representative.

Statewide races:

43438's district races:

Local questions and issues on 43438's 2026 ballot
JurisdictionTypeQuestion
Erie CountyTax Levy (Renewal)Renews a 0.7-mill property tax levy to operate alcohol, drug addiction & mental health facilities of Erie County for 10 years, beginning in 2027.

Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Kelleys Island, Kelleys Island Village.

Last day of early in-person voting — 2026-11-01. Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record.

What's on my ballot in 43438 · Election 2026

Where does the tap water come from?

Where the tap water comes from and what is in it: the lake, river, reservoir or aquifer behind every tap, the plant that treats it, and what the compliance record and the lab results say about it.

Where the water comes from

Lake Erie

Lake ErieKelleys Island Village

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Elevation 571–636 ft, averaging 595 ft · Kelleys Island 570–636 ft, averaging 595 · Erie County 457–892 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Lake Erie
Lake Erie · via Kelleys Island Village
Drawn from: Lake Erie
Treated at Kelleys Island Village
Show everything served from this plant

Kelleys Island Village is owned by a local government, with 713 service connections serving 3,125 people. Office: 419-746-2555 (SDWIS).

Boundary caution: EPA's service-area polygon for Kelleys Island Village, modelled by EPA (random forest), holds only 5% of the 3,125 people it reports serving, so much of its territory shows on this map as private wells.

Ohio EPA loans since 2016 for projects inside this ZIP: $622,000 across 1 project (drinking water $622K); largest: Huntington Lane Waterline Replacement (Kelleys Island, 2023, $622K).

Water bodies
Lake Erie
Raw intakes
Lake Erie
Serves
3,125 people · Erie County
EPA ID
OH2201111
eriecounty.oh.gov

About this area's water

Did you know
  • The island's raw water intake reaches 600 feet out into Lake Erie. When it failed in 2025 the village kept water flowing by rigging a portable bypass pump -- which itself became an Ohio EPA Notice of Violation, twice.
  • A peer-reviewed survey of cyanobacterial toxins in the Laurentian Great Lakes (Miller et al., Marine Drugs, 2017) listed the Kelleys Island plant among systems where microcystin turned up in finished, already-treated…
  • Kelleys Island has a municipal water system serving over 800 homes and businesses -- and no municipal sewer at all. More than 550 septic systems and a dozen separately permitted package plants handle the island's…
  • A drinking water violation here can be a weather problem: the village's Q1 2025 HAA5 monitoring violation happened because the samples froze and there was no flying weather to get a replacement off the island in time.
  • Residential water runs $14.53 per 100 cubic feet -- about $19.43 per 1,000 gallons -- roughly four times what a New London resident pays in the equivalent tier, and it is billed only four times a year.

Source: kelleysisland.uspmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govkelleysisland.us

History6
  • 2010-2015…Miller et al., writing in Marine Drugs, listed the Kelleys Island Water Treatment Plant among Great Lakes systems where microcystin was detected in finished drinking water -- mean 0.025 ug/L and…
  • 2024Village announced (Sept 9, 2024) that K.E. McCartney & Associates had been selected as project engineer for the Kelleys Island Sanitary Improvements Project, with GPS and aerial LiDAR drone surveying…
  • 2025Ohio EPA issued a Notice of Violation dated May 13, 2025 for an HAA5 monitoring violation in Q1 2025: the samples froze and there was no flying weather to ship a replacement sample off the island in…
  • 2025The raw water intake pipe failed and the village bypassed it with a portable pump, drawing a Notice of Violation dated September 18, 2025 and a further raw-water-intake Notice of Violation dated…
  • 2025Village administrator reported to council on October 11, 2025 that the village had received final approval from OPWC to begin the water intake project. The water department also reported two water…
  • 2025Council took up a resolution in November 2025 selecting Simonson Construction Services, Inc. as best-value construction manager at risk for the sanitary collection system and WWTP project, with…

Source: kelleysisland.uspmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govkelleysisland.us

Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

Surface water is drawn from an intake 600 feet out in Lake Erie and treated at the Kelleys Island Water Treatment Plant, with filtration performance tracked by turbidity (highest 2025 result 0.11 NTU against the 0.3 NTU limit, 100% of monthly samples compliant) and by Total Organic Carbon removal…

Source: kelleysisland.uskelleysisland.us

Water pressure

Not published. Neither the 2025 CCR nor the water department's Policies & Procedures sheet gives a service pressure or describes pressure zones, and none of the council minutes…

Source: kelleysisland.uskelleysisland.us

What it costs

$19.43 per 1,000 gallons

Typical household bill about $102 a month for water.

Kelleys Island Water Department Policies & Procedures, updated 10/24/2024. Bills go out quarterly in January, April, July and October, due 30 days after the end of the cycle. Base…

Source: kelleysisland.us

Water quality & impurities10
ContaminantLevelLimitYear
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Range of detections 32.70-78.9 ppb; disinfection by-product. No violation.		57.8 ppbMCL 802025
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Range 7.4-27.4 ppb. Subject to a Q1 2025 monitoring violation (a paperwork/sampling failure, not an exceedance) after…		20.55 ppbMCL 602025
Total Chlorine
Range 1.17-1.89 ppm; residual disinfectant.		1.49 ppmMRDL 42025
Nitrate (as Nitrogen)
Range 0-1.41 ppm; well below the MCL.		0.47 ppmMCL 102025
Barium
Range 0.014-0.014 ppm.		0.014 ppmMCL 22025
Fluoride
Range 0.1-0.1 ppm. Notably low -- roughly a tenth of the level at fluoridating systems like New London and Millersport.…		0.1 ppmMCL 42025
Turbidity
The CCR's table gives level found 0.08 NTU with a range of 0.02-0.11; the narrative box gives the highest result as…		0.11 NTU…TT: 0.3 NTU in…2025
Total Organic Carbon (removal ratio)
Range 1.2-2.1. In compliance.		1.52 ratio…TT: value…2025
Lead (90th percentile)
0 of 10 sites over the action level. No lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement, or unknown-status service lines in the…		0 ppbAL 152025
Copper (90th percentile)
The CCR prints the 90th-percentile value as 174 in a row labelled ppm with an action level of 1.3 ppm, which cannot be…		174 ppb (see…AL 1.3 ppm2025

Source: kelleysisland.us

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 2.5 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

2 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late.

Projects & plans3

Recent and current work

  • Raw water intake project (failure, emergency bypass and repair) · 2025 · under construction
    The intake pipe failed in 2025 and the village kept water flowing with a portable bypass pump, drawing Ohio EPA Notices of Violation dated September 18 and…
  • Water loss audit (third round) with ARCAP · 2025 · under construction
    Village reported to council on October 11, 2025 that it was in the third round of its water loss audit with ARCAP, funded by an Ohio EPA grant. No cost or…

Source: kelleysisland.uskelleysisland.us

Planned or needed

  • Kelleys Island Sanitary Improvements Project -- Phase 1 (gravity sewers, central pump station, new WWTP) · $8 million · 2026 · planned
    Preliminary Phase 1 cost of approximately $8 million per K.E. McCartney & Associates' October 15, 2025 public meeting presentation, depending on funding and…

Source: kelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.us

Supply stress

The entire island depends on a single Lake Erie surface intake, and that intake failed in 2025 -- the only way the village could keep water flowing was a portable bypass pump that itself drew two Ohio EPA Notices of Violation. There is no second source, no wells, and no purchased water. Ohio EPA treats all surface water as susceptible…

Source: kelleysisland.uspmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govkelleysisland.us

Sewers

Sanitary

No centralized municipal sewer system and no village wastewater treatment plant. Several small package plants serve the downtown, condominiums, and large businesses, parks and camps under 12 individual NPDES permits -- the engineer's October 2025 presentation lists the State Park campground and Camp Patmos at 20,000 gpd each, West Bay…

Storm

No dedicated stormwater utility or fee appears in the village's published water department fee schedule. Heavy rains in early July 2026 caused significant flooding across the island, severely flooding the EMS training and storage rooms and damaging water…

Source: kelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.us

Sourcesverified
kelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uskelleysisland.uspmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.

Water systems in this ZIP

35% of residents live outside every mapped system, most likely on private wells.

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State, May 2025) for household bills; Ohio EPA DEFA loan awards since 2016 for the loans paragraph · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Violationsnone since 2015, lead 2.5 ppbRadon2.5 pCi/L avg, 14% above 4Stream healthno dataNearest sewage plantPut-In-Bay Wwtp, 7 mi, 12/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 221, 80 well logsElectricHancock-Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc.Gas pipelinenearest transmission line 8 miNearest power plantDavis Besse 19.8 mi, 894 MW nuclearGasnot mappedSchool districtKelleys Island LocalSocial vulnerability49th percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 53.4 for low-income childrenPeople53.4% with a degree, 0% born abroadJobs56 jobs here, residents mostly work in SanduskySchool tax10.7 mills, ~$746 on a $200K homePhoneFrontier NorthFlood23% in floodplainInternet100% served, fiber 100%Hazard risk67, above 67% of US tractsOil and gas wells1 in the ZIP, 0 producingSoilsCastalia, septic very limitedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills1 reported since 2021, mostly unidentified material or sheenDisasters0 tornado tracks within 5 mi, 17 FEMA declarationsDams0 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 23.7 miTraffic3K a day on municipal road 753Bridgesnone insideRail crossingsnone; nearest 9.9 miTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability6.8 of 20, below averageAirportCLE 45.8 mi, Amtrak 11.1 miClimate33" snow, 52°F averageAlgal toxinsraw water up to 30 µg/LPFASnone detectedLead2.5 ppb at the 90th-percentile tap, no lead lines foundByproductsTTHM 62 µg/L (2019)Fluoridenot fluoridated, 6 treatment stepsWatershedLake Erie, Pelee IslandLocal governmentKelleys Island (village)Cell signal5G on 100% of landU.S. HouseOH-9 Marcy Kaptur (D)Life expectancy81.8 yearsHealth17% fair or poor health, obesity 37%Nearest hospitalFirelands Regional Medical Center, 10.7 mi, 4★Toxic sitesSuperfund 34.7 mi away, 0 TRIToxic releasesno TRI reporterAirPM2.5 9.9 µg/m³, monitor 40.4 miFire/EMSKelleys Island Fire Department, 0.5 miLibraryKelleys Island Branch, 0.5 miGroceries100% over 1 mi from a supermarketEV chargersfast charger 10.3 mi, 0 stations hereHistorysettled 1826Historic places2 listed, incl. Beatty, Louis, HouseWetlands3.9% of land, 108 acresLand cover31% developed, 42% tree canopyParks22% public land, Kelleys Island State Park 0 miNursing homeOTTERBEIN NORTH SHORE, 4.9 mi, 5★PoliceKelleys Island Police Department, 0.6 miCrimeno 2024 rate, Kelleys Island Police did not reportAquifer97% sensitive setting, karst, thin driftCollegeFirelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing, 11.3 miSchool ratingsnot ratedHome prices$430K typical, +50% in ten yearsBuilding permits95 units 2016 to 2025 in Kelleys Island villageHomes and income$346K home, $83K incomeHousesbuilt 1988, 848 homes

Infrastructure in this ZIP

2.51 mi of highway (SR 575) · 1 airfield or heliport (Kelleys Island Land Field) · 1 bus or rail terminal and transit stop · 1 substation · 2 registered towers · 1 landfill or waste site, open and closed (Kelleys Island Transfer Facility) · 1 fire or EMS station · 1 police station · 1 post office · 1 water tower or tank in OpenStreetMap · 1 water works or pumping station in OpenStreetMap · 1 site with underground fuel tanks in use · 13 other permitted dischargers (Camp Patmos, Kelleys Island Brewery, Kelleys Island House Restaurant) · 6 boat ramps or water access sites · 2 source water protection zones (Kelleys Island Village, Camp Patmos) · 1 mining permit area (Kelley's Island).

Draw them16 layers on the map

Intakes and plants

Lake Erie

Lake ErieKelleys Island Village

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA source water protection

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Violations

No health-based violations since 2015

No health-based violations since 2015Kelleys Island Village · lead 2.5 ppb (2025) · 2 of any kind since 2020

Source: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled September 2026): health-based violations since 2015, all violations since 2020, lead and copper 90th-percentile results, for the system serving most of the ZIP · EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts) · EPA ECHO

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Disinfection byproducts

60 to 80

TTHM 62 µg/L (2019)Kelleys Island Village · HAA5 33 · worst year 66

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means…

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

PFAS

No PFAS detected

No PFAS detectedKelleys Island Village · Ohio EPA 2020

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026: 29 PFAS and lithium at 347 Ohio systems) and Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling 2019 to 2021 (1,479 systems), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio EPA water treatment plant… · Ohio EPA PFAS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Lead

Under 5 ppb

Lead 2.5 ppb at the 90th-percentile tapKelleys Island Village · period ending 2025-12 · 0 of 678 service lines lead or galvanized

Source: SDWIS lead and copper 90th-percentile tap results (Envirofacts) and EPA's service line inventory dashboard (2026 Q2 submissions), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio Department of Health high-risk ZIP code list for childhood… · ODH childhood lead testing · ODH high-risk ZIP list (CCBH PDF) · Ohio EPA lead and copper · H2Ohio

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Fluoride and treatment

Not fluoridated

Not fluoridatedKelleys Island Village · corrosion control, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status of each system as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched 2026-09-10); SDWIS treatment table (Envirofacts): each system's registered treatment steps, inherited from the supplier for… · EPA SDWIS search

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Algal toxins

20 to 100 µg/L

Raw water up to 30 µg/L microcystinKelleys Island Village · 2024-08

Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring (geo.epa.ohio.gov DrinkingWater/HAB): microcystin results in raw and treated water since 2016 for surface-water systems, for the system serving most of each ZIP · Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Groundwater

160 and up

DRASTIC 221 · Limestone80 well logs · median 96 ft deep · 8 karst and spring points

Source: ODNR Division of Geological Survey: DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability polygon at each ZIP's population center, mapped karst features, and the state water well log inventory (about 655,000 logs) counted inside each ZIP; ODNR glacial… · ODNR Geological Survey · Ohio EPA GIS services · USGS water data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Aquifer

85% or more

97% sensitive geologic settingkarst-prone bedrock, thin drift at the center · under 0.5% wellhead protection

Source: Ohio EPA Sensitive Geologic Settings (geology/Geology layer 0) intersected with ZCTA polygons; ODNR karst geology at the ZIP center (layer 7, point query) and karst and spring points (layer 5); Ohio EPA source water protection areas… · Ohio EPA geology layers · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · ODNR Geological Survey

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Sewage plants

Every quarter in violation

Put-In-Bay Wwtp · 7 mi12 of 12 quarters in violation · 1 MGD

Source: EPA ECHO Clean Water Act facilities, Ohio NPDES permits with a publicly owned treatment works component, plants of 0.1 MGD or more or designated major: nearest plant, design flow, significant-noncompliance status, quarters in… · EPA ECHO · EPA CSO inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services · EPA Facility Finder

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Stream health

No data

No assessment

Source: EPA ATTAINS, Ohio 2024 Integrated Report assessment units (1,545 watershed polygons) overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area with the Lake Erie units clipped out: share of land in units not supporting aquatic life, recreation, fish… · EPA ATTAINS · Ohio integrated report · Ohio sport fish advisory · Ohio EPA advisory map

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Watershed

Drains to Lake Erie

Lake Erie subbasinPelee Island · drains to Lake Erie

Source: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset: HUC-8 subbasins by resident share (2020 census blocks) and the HUC-12 subwatershed at each ZIP's population-weighted center with its downstream chain; USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter and others 2018) for… · USGS watershed boundaries · EPA EnviroAtlas · Ohio EPA 401 map · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · ODNR H2Ohio projects · ODNR Lake Erie Coastal Management Area · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · Ohio EPA nine-element plans · Ohio EPA 319, GLRI and SWIF project lists · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · NOAA Lake Erie water levels

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Home

The houses themselves and what they cost: who lives in them, what a typical one looks like down to the parcel record, how much new housing has gone up, and what a household pays in property tax.

Homes and income

$250,000 to $350,000

Median home $346,400household income $82,917 · 92% own

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: median home value, median gross rent, median household income, owner share, median year built; Eviction Lab tract estimates 2016 to 2018 (Gromis and others 2022), population-weighted to ZIPs; HUD fiscal… · Census ACS · Eviction Lab · HUD data · IRS ZIP statistics · Mapping Inequality · HUD eGIS open data · FDIC BankFind · NCUA call report data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

House by house

1980 to 1999

Median year built 1988848 homes · $334K median appraised

Source: Residential parcels (Ohio land-use classes 500 to 599, apartments 401 to 403, farmhouses) placed in ZIPs by scripts/join_parcels.py on 2026-09-15, the houses loading on demand; county auditors' appraisal records, house by house (year… · Erie County Auditor

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Building permits

60 or more

95 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Kelleys Island village · 306.5 per 1,000 residents · 10 in 2025

Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual place files 2016 to 2025: new privately owned housing units, buildings and construction value authorized by each Ohio permit office, given to each ZIP through the jurisdiction where most of its… · Census building permits

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Home prices

50 to 75%

+50% in ten years+28% in five · +15% in 2022

Source: FHFA House Price Index, annual five-digit ZIP all-transactions series (repeat sales and refinance appraisals of conforming-mortgage homes, developmental, not seasonally adjusted): ten-, five- and one-year changes and the level against… · FHFA house price index · Zillow research data · Realtor.com data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

School tax

Under 22 mills

10.7 effective school millsKelleys Island Local · about $746 a year on a $200,000 home

Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, Aggregate Property Tax Rates by School District, tax year 2025 (DTE 515), joined by IRN and weighted by each ZIP's residents in every district; school levies only; Ohio Department of Taxation The Finder rate… · Ohio tax data series · The Finder

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Utilities and getting around

The companies and networks that keep a house running and a resident moving: electric, gas, phone and internet service, and the roads, transit, rail and airports around it.

Electric

25 electric cooperatives

Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc.Electric cooperative

Source: PUCO certified electric territories via ODOT plus HIFLD municipal systems (EIA-861) with ODOT corporate limits; EIA-861 reliability (outages), sales to ultimate customers (residential prices and bills), net metering and advanced meters by… · PUCO electricity · ODOT territories service · EIA-861 · DOE LEAD Tool · HIFLD retail service territories

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Gas

No data

No gas territory mapped0% of homes heat with utility gas

Source: PUCO 2026 county map of gas distribution companies, HIFLD/EIA-176 territory polygons, ACS 2020-2024 heating fuel · PUCO natural gas · HIFLD

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Power plants

10 to 20 miles

Davis Besse · 19.8 minuclear, 894 MW · 0 plants within 10 miles

The nearest power plant

  1. Renewable Energy Services of OhioBiomass · 2 MW · 19.0 mi
    Capacity
    2 MW
    Main source
    Biomass
    Technology
    Landfill Gas
    Operator
    Bio-Gas Technologies LTD
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Milan, Erie County
    Generating units
    2
    Built
    2010 (first unit); newest unit 2014
    EIA plant code
    57249

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (202 Ohio plants, February 2025): nearest plant, nearest plant of 100 MW or more, plants and capacity by fuel within 10 miles; USGS U.S. Wind Turbine Database (June 2026) and U.S. Large-Scale Solar… · EIA-860 · HIFLD · USGS wind turbines · USGS solar · NRC emergency planning zones

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Pipelines

3 to 10 miles

Nearest transmission line 8 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate)

Source: EIA natural gas interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines via Esri's Federal User Community copy on ArcGIS Online (data last updated July 2025; 1,239 segments in and around Ohio): miles inside each ZIP by operator, distance from the… · EIA U.S. Energy Atlas · ArcGIS Online item

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Phone

Frontier

Frontier NorthIncumbent telephone company

Source: PUCO Telecom map service, layer 7 ILEC Company Service Area (incumbent local exchange carriers, fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks · PUCO telephone

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Internet

Under 2% lack 100/20 service

100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 100% · cable 0% · 787 locations

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, June 2024, fixed availability by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas, Ohio subset); Census ACS 2020-2024 table B28002 internet subscriptions; Ookla Open Data fixed speed tests 2025 Q2 by tile, averaged inside the… · FCC broadband map · Ookla open data · Census ACS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Cell signal

5G nearly everywhere

5G on 100% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 99% · T-Mobile 54% · Verizon 70%

Source: FCC Mobile Broadband Data Collection, carrier-reported 4G LTE and 5G coverage by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas layer last updated 24 November 2025, most likely the June 30, 2025 filing round), fetched 2026-09-08; FCC Antenna Structure… · FCC broadband map · FCC antenna registration · Ookla open data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

EV chargers

10 to 20 miles

Fast charger 10.3 mi: Friendship Kitchen 700 public stations in the ZIP (0 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 0 within 5 miles of its center

None inside the ZIP; the nearest public charging sites

  1. Catawba Island Club - Tesla Destination2 Level 2 · Port Clinton · 7.7 mi
    Address
    4235 Beach Club Road, Port Clinton, OH 43452
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla Destination
    Phone
    877-798-3752

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. HAMPTON TOLLS STATION 14 Level 2 · Port Clinton · 9.6 mi
    Address
    57 NE Catawba Rd, Port Clinton, OH 43452
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list as of May 29, 2026 (USDOT BTS copy: 2,136 Ohio electric stations, of which the 1,850 public and open are used, NREL restricted-access records such as dealer-service and hotel-guest chargers… · Alternative Fuels Data Center · BTS Alternative Fueling Stations (NTAD)

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Transit

No transit stop within half a mile of anyone

0% within half a mile of a stop0 stops in the ZIP

None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal

  1. Seaway MarinaFerry terminal · Kelleys Island · 1.2 mi
    What it is
    Ferry terminal
    City
    Kelleys Island
    Coordinates
    41.59512, -82.72548

    BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: USDOT BTS National Transit Map stops (National Transportation Atlas Database, 2025 vintage, fetched September 2026), plus the Springfield, Lancaster-Fairfield, Knox County Transit, WayGo and BGSU Shuttle GTFS feeds: share of residents… · BTS National Transit Map · BTS transportation atlas · Springfield City Area Transit GTFS feed · Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit GTFS feed · Knox County Transit GTFS feed · WayGo GTFS feed · BGSU Shuttle GTFS feed

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Walkability

Below average (5.76 to 10.5)

Walkability 6.8 of 2015 intersections per square mile · 0% near transit

Source: EPA National Walkability Index (Smart Location Database 3.0, 2021) by block group, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census block points; car-free household share from Census ACS 2020 to 2024 table B25044, or where missing the Smart… · EPA walkability index · Smart Location Database · Census ACS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Rail crossings

No public rail crossing in the ZIP

0 public crossingsnearest crossing 9.9 mi (Norfolk Southern)

Source: FRA Grade Crossing Inventory (current records, Ohio): open at-grade crossings inside each ZIP, gates, trains a day at the busiest, timetable speed, railroads; nearest crossing to the population-weighted center; FRA highway-rail grade… · FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current) · FRA crossing incidents (Form 57) · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · FRA safety data · DOT open data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Bridges

No data

No bridges inside this ZIP

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025 (26,713 Ohio structures; 26,616 fall inside a ZIP area and are counted, the other 97 land outside every ZIP polygon): bridges inside each ZIP, poor-condition ratings, ages, traffic · FHWA bridge inventory · ODOT TIMS bridge inventory (live)

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Traffic

Under 5,000 vehicles a day

2,737 vehicles a day on municipal road 753230 trucks · 12K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP

Source: ODOT traffic count segments (2025 annual average daily traffic by road segment, ODOT Transportation Information Mapping System): segments assigned to the ZIP holding their midpoint; NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 2020 to 2024… · ODOT TIMS traffic count segments · NHTSA FARS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Airports and Amtrak

30 to 50 miles

CLE · 45.8 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Sandusky 11.1 mi

Source: FAA airport facilities (NASR landing-facility record) and Amtrak stations via USDOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Database, fetched September 2026: nearest airport with scheduled airline service (Part 139 class I), nearest public-use… · BTS transportation atlas

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Land, air and risk

The ground itself and what can go wrong on it: radon, flood risk, air quality, old mines and wells, and the parks, wetlands and open land still left.

Radon

2 to 4 pCi/L

2.5 pCi/L average radon7 tests · 14% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.5

Source: Ohio Department of Health radon test results by ZIP code since 2010 (pre-mitigation), ZIPs with five or more tests · ODH radon program

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Flood

20% or more

23% of residents in the 1% floodplain7% of the land is floodplain · zone AO

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, fetched 2026-09-08; OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims for Ohio (frozen June 2026), by reported ZIP; USGS NWIS annual peak flows for the nearest active stream gauge; NOAA Atlas 14… · FEMA flood hazard layer · FEMA Map Service Center · OpenFEMA · NOAA Atlas 14 · USGS stream gauges

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Hazard risk

60 to 80

Risk score 67 · higher than about 67% of US tractsWinter weather 95 · Ice storm 93

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, census tracts, December 2025 release, population-weighted to ZIPs · FEMA National Risk Index · NRI census tract layer (ArcGIS)

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Climate

30 to 45 inches

33" of snow a year · 52.0°F averageJanuary low 22° · July high 82° · 34" of precipitation

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, annual and monthly, 261 Ohio stations; each ZIP takes the nearest station reporting each element from its population-weighted center; U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics 2000 to 2026… · NOAA climate normals · NOAA climate at a glance · U.S. Drought Monitor

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Air

9 to 10

PM2.5 9.9 µg/m³ at Eastside Pump St, 40.4 miozone 71 ppb at Cooley

Source: EPA Air Quality System 2025 annual summaries: nearest PM2.5 and ozone monitors from each ZIP's population-weighted center, county AQI day counts; EPA ECHO Clean Air Act permitted sources in Ohio (air_rest_services, September 2026); EPA… · EPA air data files · EPA AirToxScreen · EPA Green Book · EPA ECHO

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Toxic sites

15 miles or more

Nearest NPL site 34.7 mi: Republic Steel Corp. Quarry0 toxic-release reporters · 0 Superfund program sites in the ZIP

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service: Superfund NPL and SEMS sites, Toxics Release Inventory reporters (EPA geoplatform), fetched 2026-09-08; the nearest NPL site also considers sites in PA, WV, KY, IN and MI within about 20 miles of the border… · EPA Facility Registry · EPA Superfund sites · Ohio EPA cleanup sites · EPA UST Finder · EPA ECHO

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Toxic releases

No data

No TRI-reporting facility

Source: EPA Toxics Release Inventory basic data files, Ohio, reporting years 2020 to 2024 (2024 shown, 2020 for the trend); facilities placed in the ZCTA holding their coordinates; dioxin rows reported in grams left out of pound totals · EPA TRI data files

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Dams

No high-hazard dam within 10 miles

0 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Bellevue Upground Reservoir No. 3, 23.7 mi, condition poor

The nearest high-hazard dam

  1. Bellevue Upground Reservoir No. 3 PoorSnyders Ditch - Offstream · condition: poor · 23.7 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 10/27/2023)
    River or stream
    Snyders Ditch - Offstream
    Purpose
    Water Supply;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    18 ft
    Storage
    227 acre-feet
    Completed
    1900
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Huron County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Bellevue
    Last inspection
    05/03/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00805

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (1,376 Ohio dams, August 2026; 26 Corps levees and dikes counted with their parent dam): high-hazard dams near each ZIP's population-weighted center, with the state's condition… · National Inventory of Dams

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Disasters

No tornado track within 5 miles since 1950

0 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19500 rated F2/EF2+ · 17 federal declarations for Erie County · 3 quakes M2+ within 25 mi

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles… · NOAA SPC tornado data · OpenFEMA · USGS earthquakes · NOAA storm events · IEM warning archive

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Spills

1 to 4 reports

1 spill reported since 2021mostly unidentified material or sheen

Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 43438

  1. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2024-09-22 · Kelleys Island · 0.7 mi
    Reported
    2024-09-22
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Where
    Kelleys Island, Ottawa County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2409EPA0001622

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports (geo.epa.ohio.gov EmergResponse/Spills2_OpenData): cases with a location inside each ZIP, 2021 to date · Ohio EPA spills data · Ohio EPA Office of Emergency Response

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Oil and gas wells

1 to 10 wells

1 well in the ZIP0 producing · 0 shale · 0 orphan · nearest 1.08 mi

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources public well inventory (242,324 well heads, fetched 2026-09-08): wells inside each ZIP by status, horizontal shale wells, injection wells, orphan-program wells · ODNR oil and gas · ODNR GIS services

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Abandoned mines

No mapped underground mine

No mapped minenearest mapped non-coal mine 10.7 mi

Source: ODNR Mines of Ohio: abandoned underground coal and industrial-mineral mines mapped before 1977 (5,116 polygons), overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area: share of each ZCTA's total area (land plus inland water) over a mapped mine; ODNR… · ODNR mines of Ohio · ODNR Geological Survey

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Soils

Very limited

Castalia very channery loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesseptic very limited · well drained

Source: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access: the soil map unit under each ZIP's population-weighted center with its dominant component, drainage, hydric and farmland class, flooding, and the Ohio septic and basement interpretation ratings… · USDA Soil Data Access · Web Soil Survey · Open-Meteo elevation

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Parks

15% or more public land

22% public land · 628 acresKelleys Island State Park · Kelleys Island State Park 0 mi

Source: USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake… · USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Wetlands

3 to 7%

3.9% wetland · 108 acresforested/shrub wetland 55 · emergent wetland 38 · pond 15

Source: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Ohio geodatabase (imagery mostly 2004 to 2007, Lake Erie basin 2021), freshwater wetlands and ponds clipped to each ZIP (lakes and rivers excluded); Ohio EPA potential high-quality vernal pools… · USFWS wetlands inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Land cover

15% to 40%

31% developed · 42% tree canopyforest 49% · water 5% · wetland 5%

Source: National Land Cover Database, 2021 edition (USGS and the MRLC consortium; MRLC has since published Annual NLCD and annual tree canopy through 2025, not yet pulled here): land cover, percent impervious surface and tree canopy at 30 m… · NLCD · USDA Cropland Data Layer · ODNR pre-settlement vegetation

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

People and health

Who lives here and how well: education, jobs, health and life expectancy, and how far the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store sits.

People

40 to 55%

53.4% bachelor's or higher95.3% white · 0% Black · 4.7% Hispanic · 0% Asian · 0% foreign-born

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: educational attainment (B15003), race and Hispanic origin (B03002), nativity (B05002), veterans (B21001); IRS Statistics of Income county migration flows 2022 to 2023 for the county; Census Bureau… · Census ACS · Census population estimates · IRS migration data · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS commuting area codes · 2020 Census redistricting data · Census SAIPE · IRS exempt organizations

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Jobs

0.25 to 0.6

56 jobs · 109 employed residentsPublic administration leads · residents mostly work in Sandusky (44870)

Source: Census LEHD LODES 8, 2023, all jobs: workplace and residence counts by census block summed into ZCTAs (workplace-only blocks by block-group or tract majority), origin-destination flows for where residents work; Census ZIP Code Business… · Census LEHD · BLS local unemployment · BLS QCEW · BEA county GDP · USAspending · OSHA enforcement data · Census ZIP Business Patterns · Census ACS · USDA ERS county typology · CDFI Fund Opportunity Zones

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Economic history

Lake Erie

Lake ErieKelleys Island Village

Source: Historical economic data: Census Bureau historical county population via the NBER mirror (1900) and Census Bureau population estimates (current and peak), Census County Business Patterns, USDA Census of Agriculture, FHFA House Price Index… · FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) · Census County Business Patterns · USDA Census of Agriculture · FHFA House Price Index · BEA GDP by county · Census American Community Survey · IPUMS NHGIS historical census · Zillow Home Value Index

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Upward mobility

50th percentile or higher

Percentile rank 53.4income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 4.3% incarcerated in 2010

Source: Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones and Porter, Census Bureau): tract outcomes for children born 1978 to 1983, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · Opportunity Atlas · Opportunity Insights data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Social vulnerability

40th to 60th

49th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 33 · household 51 · minority status 54 · housing and transport 67

Source: CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 by census tract (percentile ranks among Ohio tracts), population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · CDC/ATSDR SVI

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Health

16 to 20%

16.5% in fair or poor healthobesity 36.9% · diabetes 15.8% · smoking 11.8% · depression 21.7%

Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, ZCTA model-based estimates of adult health (BRFSS 2023, ACS): fair or poor health, obesity, diabetes, smoking, depression, lack of health insurance among adults 18-64 and more; County Health Rankings 2025… · CDC PLACES · County Health Rankings · CDC overdose data · NCI cancer profiles · HRSA data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Life expectancy

79 to 82

81.8 years life expectancy1 tract, 81.8

Source: CDC/NCHS U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP, deaths 2010-2015, 2010 census tracts) weighted into ZIPs by 2020 block population · CDC USALEEP

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Hospitals

10 to 20 miles

Firelands Regional Medical Center · 10.7 miSandusky · 287 beds · Level III trauma · 0 within 10 miles

The nearest hospitals

  1. Firelands Regional Medical Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Sandusky · 11.3 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1111 Hayes Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870
    County
    Erie County
    Beds
    287
    Trauma center
    Level IIi
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (419) 557-7400
    Medicare ID
    360025

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Hospital's website ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. H.B. Magruder Memorial HospGeneral hospital · Port Clinton · 13.6 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    615 Fulton Street, Port Clinton, OH 43452
    County
    Ottawa County
    Beds
    25
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Magruder Hospital
    Phone
    (419) 734-3131
    Medicare ID
    361314

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Bellevue HospitalGeneral hospital · Bellevue · 23.5 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1400 W Main Street, Bellevue, OH 44811
    County
    Sandusky County
    Beds
    59
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    No
    Phone
    (419) 483-4040
    Medicare ID
    360107

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Community health centers within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. KI Addison RoadHealth center · Kelleys Island · 0.5 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Kelleys Island
    Coordinates
    41.59400, -82.70628

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. FHS - Water StreetHealth center · Sandusky · 9.7 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Sandusky
    Coordinates
    41.46025, -82.70428

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

The nearest dialysis center

  1. Firelands Dialysis Center SouthDialysis · Sandusky · 11.3 mi
    Address
    904 Pierce Street, Sandusky, OH 44870
    Dialysis stations
    31
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    nonprofit
    Chain
    independent
    Medicare certified since
    1978-09-15
    Phone
    (419) 557-7228
    Medicare ID
    362322

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center). Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: Nearest hospital: miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest open general or critical-access hospital in Ohio, or, within 40 miles of the state line in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the… · CMS Care Compare data · HIFLD · HRSA data · CMS NPI files

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Nursing homes

3 to 6 miles

OTTERBEIN NORTH SHORE · 4.9 mi5 of 5 stars · 20 beds · 1 within 5 miles

The nearest nursing homes

  1. Otterbein North Shore5 of 5 stars · Lakeside · 4.9 mi
    Address
    9400 North Shore Blvd, Lakeside, OH 43440
    Certified beds
    20
    Residents on an average day
    19
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    5 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    Non profit - Corporation
    Chain
    OTTERBEIN SENIORLIFE
    Continuing care retirement community
    Yes
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 798-8203
    Medicare ID
    366358

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Providence Care Center1 of 5 stars · Sandusky · 11.4 mi
    Address
    2025 Hayes Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870
    Certified beds
    138
    Residents on an average day
    94
    Medicare overall rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    Non profit - Church related
    Chain
    COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 627-2273
    Medicare ID
    365976

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Ohio Veterans Home Abuse citation4 of 5 stars · Sandusky · 12.5 mi
    Address
    3416 Columbus Ave, Sandusky, OH 44870
    Certified beds
    427
    Residents on an average day
    242
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    5 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Abuse citation (CMS icon)
    Yes
    Ownership
    Government - State
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 625-2454
    Medicare ID
    366325

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider file (922 Ohio homes), addresses geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (67 unmatched placed at their ZIP center); CMS penalties file (fines and payment denials since 2023, matched by name and… · CMS Care Compare data

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Crime

No data

No 2024 rateKelleys Island Police · no 2024 data sent to the FBI

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer NIBRS incident files for Ohio, 2024 (2023 file for the trend), as downloaded in September 2026; the FBI keeps accepting agency revisions after release, so an agency's live Explorer totals for the same year can… · FBI Crime Data Explorer · USGS structures service

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Police

Under 1 mile

Kelleys Island Police Department · 0.6 mi1 station within 3 miles · post office 1.1 mi

Police stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Kelleys Island Police DepartmentKelleys Island · 0.6 mi
    Address
    122 Division Street, Kelleys Island, OH 43438
    Coordinates
    41.59478, -82.71060

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Marblehead Police DepartmentLakeside Marblehead · 4.4 mi
    Address
    513 West Main Street, Lakeside Marblehead, OH 43440
    Coordinates
    41.54046, -82.72852

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures: police stations (772 Ohio points: the inventory's 731 less 4 closed or duplicate records, with 4 wrong names corrected, plus 45 departments and sheriff's offices it lacks, placed from OpenStreetMap or the… · USGS structures service · OpenStreetMap · Census Bureau geocoder

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Fire and EMS

Under 1 mile

Kelleys Island Fire Department · 0.5 mi1 station within 3 miles, 4 within 8

Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Kelleys Island Fire DepartmentKelleys Island · 0.5 mi
    Address
    121 Addison Road, Kelleys Island, OH 43438
    Coordinates
    41.59457, -82.70619

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Danbury Township Fire Department Station 1Marblehead · 5.1 mi
    Address
    9551 East Harbor Road, Marblehead, OH 43440
    Coordinates
    41.53718, -82.75266

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Put - In - Bay Fire DepartmentPut-In-Bay · 6.9 mi
    Address
    199 Concord Avenue, Put-In-Bay, OH 43456
    Coordinates
    41.64991, -82.81973

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures inventory (fire and EMS stations; most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022): 1,772 Ohio stations after removing duplicate records and checking Columbus- and Cleveland-area stations against the cities'… · USGS structures service · Columbus fire stations · Cleveland fire stations

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Libraries

Under 1 mile

Kelleys Island Branch · 0.5 miSandusky Library · 1 within 3 miles, 3 within 8

Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Kelleys Island BranchBranch · Kelleys Island · 0.5 mi
    Address
    528 Division St, Kelleys Island, OH 43438
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Sandusky Library
    Open
    352 hours a year, 35 weeks
    Building
    3,500 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    110,760
    System's loans, FY2024
    434,673
    People the system serves
    44,878
    Phone
    (419) 746-2356

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Marblehead Peninsula Branch LibraryBranch · Marblehead · 4.5 mi
    Address
    710 W. Main Street, Marblehead, OH 43440
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Ida Rupp Public Library
    Open
    1,204 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    4,370 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    80,496
    System's loans, FY2024
    188,502
    People the system serves
    18,955
    Phone
    (419) 798-0477

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos inside ZIP 43438

  1. Kelleys Island Historical AssociationHistorical society · Kelleys Island · 1.1 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Kelleys Island
    Coordinates
    41.59593, -82.72286

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library… · IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Groceries

No residents in a flagged tract

No residents in a low-income, low-access tract100% over 1 mile from a supermarket

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2019 Large Retailer Access Map (2010 tracts, ERS's name for the file since July 2026) weighted by 2020 block population: distance to the nearest supermarket and low-income low-access flags; Census ACS… · USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map · USDA SNAP retailers · Census ACS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

History, schools and government

How the place began, who governs it now, and the schools that serve it, from the district boundary to its state report card.

Local history

1815 to 1829

Kelleys Island · settled 1826first settled, platted or incorporated (earliest year recorded)

Source: Local history researched from Wikipedia, the 1880 county histories on archive.org, Ohio History Connection, National Register listings, Ohio historical markers, local historical societies and Wikimedia Commons, one file per municipality… · Ohio History Connection · Internet Archive (county histories) · Wikimedia Commons · Remarkable Ohio (historical markers)

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Historic places

1 or 2 listings

2 listed historic placesBeatty, Louis, House

  1. Beatty, Louis, HouseBuilding · Kelleys Island · listed 1984
    Address
    South Shore Dr.
    Where
    Kelleys Island, Erie County · ZIP 43438
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1984
    NRIS reference number
    84000106
    Coordinates
    41.59495, -82.69762

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  2. Inscription RockObject · Kelleys Island · listed 1973
    Address
    Kelleys Island
    Where
    Kelleys Island, Erie County · ZIP 43438
    What it is
    Object
    Listed on the National Register
    1973
    NRIS reference number
    73001432
    Coordinates
    41.59284, -82.70698

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

See them on the full map · every historic place in Erie County

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file (3,286 points for 3,232 of Ohio's roughly 4,200 listings; listings without a point are not counted, and a listing with several points is counted once); listings inside… · National Register data · USGS GNIS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Schools

369 local school districts

Kelleys Island LocalLocal school district

Public schools inside ZIP 43438

  1. Kelleys Island High SchoolKelleys Island · 0.5 mi
    Address
    528 Division St, Kelleys Island, OH 43438
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    7
    NCES school ID
    390467904270

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Kelleys Island Elementary SchoolKelleys Island · 0.5 mi
    Address
    528 Division St, Kelleys Island, OH 43438
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    0
    NCES school ID
    390467910837

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: Ohio school district boundaries (U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line school districts, as of January 1, 2026) by resident share; NCES EDGE 2024-25 school buildings; NCES Private School Survey 2023-24 public-use file (schools inside the ZIP by… · ODOT GIS · NCES EDGE · NCES Common Core of Data · NCES private schools · Census SAIPE · Census school finances (F-33)

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

School ratings

No data

No 2025-26 report card

Source: Ohio School Report Cards 2024-2025 (Department of Education and Workforce): district overall and component star ratings, performance index, graduation rates, spending per pupil and teacher measures, for the district holding the largest… · Ohio school report cards

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Colleges

8 to 15 miles

Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing · 11.3 miSandusky · 0 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. Firelands Regional Medical Center School of NursingPrivate nonprofit two-year college · Sandusky · 11.3 mi
    What it is
    Private nonprofit two-year college
    City
    Sandusky
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    73
    IPEDS unit ID
    205090

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Sandusky Career CenterPublic career school · Sandusky · 11.5 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Sandusky
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    175
    IPEDS unit ID
    383330

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Ohio Business College-SanduskyFor-profit two-year college · Sandusky · 12.9 mi
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Sandusky
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    75
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $9,385
    Graduation rate
    50% within three years (a class of 18)
    IPEDS unit ID
    203739

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: NCES IPEDS: 2024 institutional directory (269 active Ohio institutions with coordinates, less the administrative units and the colleges that have closed since; plus 145 in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan within… · NCES IPEDS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Local government

669 villages

Kelleys Island (village)Local government for nearly all residents

Source: ODOT municipal corporation and township boundaries by resident share of 2020 census blocks; Ohio EPA grants awarded in 2025 (OEPA_Achievements, MapServer layer 8); Auditor of State unauditable entities list · ODOT GIS · Auditor of State · Ohio EPA grants (OEPA_Achievements)

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Representatives

OH-9 · Marcy Kaptur (D)Senate 2 Theresa Gavarone · House 89 D. J. Swearingen

Source: ODOT TIMS Boundaries US_House_District, Ohio_Senate_District and Ohio_House_District (fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks; members from the U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House directories, September 2026 · U.S. House · Ohio Senate · Ohio House · ODOT GIS

Full detail

Loading the full detail… Or open it on the map.

Deep dives about 43438 (Kelleys Island)

Long reads built from maps, newspapers and public records. All deep dives

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 43438 (Kelleys Island), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
1.75 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
35.2 in
4.7 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
16.1 in
a normal year brings 26.4 in
a normal year
35.4 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.75 — 30
September 2026 2.64 — 30
August 2026 5.57 — 31
July 2026 5.10 — 31
June 2026 4.78 — 30
May 2026 4.17 — 31
April 2026 5.91 — 30
March 2026 3.97 0.0 31
February 2026 0.36 1.8 28
January 2026 0.91 14.3 31
December 2025 1.79 3.6 31
November 2025 1.33 1.0 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 58.1 in
Driest year1934 — 18.9 in
Snowiest year1910 — 68.7 in
Wettest day on record24 August 2023 — 5.20 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day14 February 2007 — 14.02 in
Deepest snow on the ground1 February 1978 — 21.03 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 43438 (Kelleys Island), so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,697 days of records, 1893-04-01 to 2026-10-30. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for 43438 (Kelleys Island): permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.

facilities and sites on file
6
those placed on the map inside 43438 (Kelleys Island)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge2
Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities1
Public drinking water1
Sewer and water-line construction1
State water loans1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
SCG KI 103 VALERIE TRAIL PROPERTY LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SCG KI 103 VALERIE TRAIL PROPERTY LLC Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water report
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities report
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities permit
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities permit
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities permit
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
VILLAGE OF KELLEYS ISLAND Sewer and water-line construction permit
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water monitoring results
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water inspection
CAMP PATMOS PWS Public drinking water report
KELLEYS ISLAND TRANSFER FACILITY Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities report

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

Around here

Places in this ZIP

School districts

ZIP codes next door

No neighboring ZIP codes are recorded.

The county

Erie County: 7 ZIP codes, 15 cities, villages and townships, 78,997 people. The county in numbers.

On the map

Infrastructure layers for this ZIP have not been compiled yet. Open this ZIP on the map to see what is drawn nearby.

Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 43438?

ZIP code 43438 is the Kelleys Island, Ohio post office area in Erie County, home to 256 residents. Of its residents, 100% live in the village of Kelleys Island.

What county is ZIP code 43438 in?

ZIP code 43438 is in Erie County, Ohio.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 43438 come from?

Lake Erie. Kelleys Island Village.

What school district is ZIP code 43438 in?

ZIP code 43438 is in the Kelleys Island Local School District.

Cite and data

Cite this page as:

Cracked Buckeye, "43438 · Kelleys Island, Erie County", https://crackedbuckeye.com/zip/43438/, built 2026-10-31, accessed [date].

How to cite · Report a correction · Built 2026-10-31