Rural areas around Cincinnati? (Toledo, Hamilton: for sale, renting, homes)

[dean320]

I have received a job offer in downtown Cincinnati and will be relocating from the Toledo area. My wife and I would like to live in the country where I would not have a long commute. Is it possible to have less than a 40 minute commute and live in the country in Cincinnati? If so, what areas should we look at?

Thanks in advance.

[Mike Dunn]

Actually, you have several options. You can look north of Cincinnati in Warren, Clermont and Clinton Counties. In addition, you have Northern Kentucky counties of Boone, Grant and Campbell.

[goyguy]

Also western and northern Butler County (beyond Middletown and Oxford), and in eastern Indiana. Don't bank on making it downtown in forty minutes or less, though!

[driftwoodpoint]

I live in Oxford and I am about 35 minutes to Northgate Mall on the edge of Cinci. Between where 27 comes into Cinci and Oxford is very rural and nice hills and countryside.

[unusualfire]

You could try 3-4 miles west of the airport. It's pretty rural out there. I assume you have no kids. I would have no clue on how the school system is out there.

[aquila]

I'm sure there are still places in Western Hamilton County that might suit you. Also could look around the Lebanon/Oregonia area in Warren County. It's less than 40 minutes to downtown if you hop on I-71.

[Linda Pratt]

Yes, I like the Lebanon area as well.
Will you be buying or renting?
Here's a link to the local paper to help in your seacrh; Southwest Ohio area homes for sale in Mason, Deerfield Twp., West Chester, Liberty Twp., Morrow, Maineville - The Pulse Journal

[dean320]

We will be buying. Plus, we have a 2 year old with another on the way so schools are important to us.

We are not looking for complete solitude, but just a decent distance between neighbors, 100-200 yards or so where we can have some farm animals.

[aquila]

Originally Posted by dean320

We will be buying. Plus, we have a 2 year old with another on the way so schools are important to us.

We are not looking for complete solitude, but just a decent distance between neighbors, 100-200 yards or so where we can have some farm animals.

Basically everyone has touched on the areas that would work for you. To be within a 40-minute drive of DT Cincinnati, you're not going to find a lot of places in the area that size which are zoned for farm animals. Cincinnati is built in such a strange way that all the open land is on steep hillsides, or out in the country with no direct high-speed road access. You'd have to travel along a country side road to reach a main route, and then from there take that route to the interstate, where you'd still have a 20-30 minute drive into town on a GOOD day (no rush-hour backups or accidents).

Either look down into Northern Kentucky, south of the I-275 loop in places like Richwood, Alexandria, or Idlewild (western Boone county, as someone mentioned)....or into Warren county in places like Morrow/Ft. Ancient, or the outer areas of Lebanon - perhaps Oregonia. I would say up around Monroe on the east side of I-75, but there is a prison in the area and is quickly becoming developed anyhow.

Good luck. You could certainly find a larger plot of land closer to town if you didn't want the farm animals. But I understand people want what they want.

[dean320]

I should clarify a bit. By farm animals, I was mainly thinking chickens, no large livestock. Plus, a half acre or so would be a good amount of land.

Thanks for everyone's input. I will take a look at the areas everyone mentioned.