White Oak, OH

Many adult Cincinnatians can easily remember when White Oak was just a few farms, a pasture land and a forest in Green Township. That's how fresh and new this delightful community is.

Newcomers of all ages appreciate the excellent home values. Some houses are so large and so elegantly designed that they lend prestige to the area. The majority, however, are attractively planned to serve a variety of today's needs and lifestyles. Throughout the area there is a feeling of quiet isolation from industry, of spacious freedom, of good character and refinement among its friendly residents.

Cincinnati Metro buses service this area on an hourly schedule, but during morning and evening rush hours, this schedule is accelerated. I-275 and I-74 bisects this area and I-75 is 15 minutes away. Driving time to downtown Cincinnati is 15 minutes.

The Catholic churches are St. Ignatius, St. James and St. Ann. The 5 Protestant churches are: Baptist, Christian, Lutheran, Presbyterian and United Church of Christ. Churches of other denominations are within a few miles.

Good Samaritan and Deaconess Hospitals are about 20 minutes away. Providence Hospital and St. Francis-St. George Hospital are both just ten minutes away.

White Oak is in the Northwest School District. The public elementary schools for Kindergarten thru 6 are Monfort Heights and Colerain. White Oak Middle (grades 6-8) and Senior High students go to Colerain High. The Catholic elementary schools are St. Ignatius, St. James and St. Ann. Catholic boys attend LaSalle High School and the girls attend McAuley High. St. Xavier, a private Catholic High School for boys, is nearby.

White Oak Shopping Center is in the immediate area to augment the usual retail outlets on the main streets. The Western Hills Plaza, only ten minutes away, is one of Cincinnati's shopping centers with three major department stores plus some 70 other outlets to make up this large complex. The Northgate Mall has 4 major department stores plus many other outlets in a completely enclosed mall.

Most of the area is near or adjoins Mt. Airy Forest, a beautiful 1,500 acre park, operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. Miami-Whitewater County Park, a few minutes west of Monfort Heights has a fine public golf course. The private Clovernook, 18-hole golf course, is nearby. There is the Orchard Hill private swim club in the immediate area, many knothole and little league baseball teams for youngsters, and several "pay" fishing lakes. The Monfort Heights Civic Club meets one Thursday a month. Public library's West Fork Branch is on West Fork Road in Monfort Heights.

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Community Profile

Median resident age: 36.8 years
Median household income: $45,306 (year 2000)
Median house value: $111,200 (year 2000)

White Non-Hispanic (93.2%)
Black (3.5%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
American Indian (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (48.0%), Irish (16.4%), United States (8.8%), English (7.1%), Italian (4.6%), French (2.8%).