A Place to Call Home

Home is where you belong and feel safe, and that’s what small-town living in Cridersville offers. Here, you can easily greet strangers and foster lifelong friendships. With family, friends, and numerous community events, there’s always something happening. Life is good!

Cridersville boasts a low cost of living and affordable housing, making it a great alternative to larger cities. The median house value is $210,000.

Our neighborhoods feature friendly residents and well-maintained homes, offering various housing options from modern subdivisions to charming vintage homes. There are also new subdivisions for your dream home, along with apartments, condominiums, and premier senior living facilities.

Cridersville’s low cost of living allows a median family income of $65,679 to stretch further in West Central Ohio, enhancing your purchasing power compared to major metropolitan areas. For all these reasons, Cridersville is an excellent place. Check out our community profile.

Prime Location

Cridersville is located on Interstate 75 between Toledo and Dayton in west central Ohio. It is central in the US Midwest, between Chicago, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, within a day's drive of half the US and Canadian population, and 70% of North American manufacturing. The Ohio Department of Transportation estimates over 15 million people travel through the village annually on I-75. EXIT 118 offers direct access to the business district.

The Village also has great access to commercial airports. Dayton International Airport is under an hour south on I-75 and is within 90 minutes, by air, of over 50% of the US population. Non-stop destinations include major cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and New York. Cridersville is also less than 90 minutes from Port Columbus International Airport.

Industrially, Cridersville benefits from its location on the CSX Transportation rail line in western Ohio. CSX operates the largest railroad in the eastern US and connects 23 states and two Canadian provinces

Serving Our People

We all want to feel safe at home and work. Cridersville ensures safety with excellent police, fire, emergency medical services, and reliable utilities.

The local fire department has 46 firefighters, including 31 certified EMTs for ambulance services. Their training and equipment provide residents with an affordable level 4 fire insurance rating.

The police department, with three full-time and six part-time officers, ensures round-the-clock protection and contributes to a low crime rate through proactive patrols.

The public works department, with four full-time employees, manages reliable water and sewer systems capable of 600,000 and 800,000 gallons per day, and maintains 8.5 miles of roads and 32 acres of parks.

TSC, our regional telecommunications company, offers advanced telephone, cable, and high-speed Internet services and local connectivity to Wapakoneta and Lima. Utility providers include American Electric Power, Midwest Electric, and Dominion. East