Hamilton County · Ohio
Cincinnati, OH demographics
Population, income and the local tax burden that sits on top of them — sourced from the Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Taxation.
Quick answer
Cincinnati, OH has a population of 311,097 and a median household income of $51,219 — about $4,268 a month before tax. That ranks 84 of 94 covered metros by income and 59 of 94 by population.
Population
311,097
City limits, ACS 5-year
Median household income
$51,219
ACS 5-year estimate
Combined sales tax
7.85%
Ohio + local
Income rank
#84
of 94 covered metros
Estimated annual sales tax on a median household
A Cincinnati household at the median income of $51,219 spending roughly a quarter of pre-tax income on taxable retail goods would pay about $1,005 a year in sales tax at 7.85%. This is an illustration, not a filing figure: the taxable share of spending varies with household composition, and Ohio exempts or discounts several categories. Hamilton County's transit sales tax replaced Cincinnati's earnings-tax funding of Metro, shifting the burden from workers to shoppers.
Method: median household income × 25% taxable share × combined rate. The 25% share is a rough national benchmark from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, not a Cincinnati-specific measurement.
Sources
What each figure on this page comes from.
- Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
- Source: Ohio Department of Taxation rate tables · rates as published for 2026