We used science and data to determine which cities in OH are redneck heaven.

This article is an opinion based on facts and is meant as info-tainment. Don’t freak out.


Is there anything really wrong with being called an Ohio redneck? Some have said Ohio is even more redneck than Alabama. In some places, it’s spectacularly redneck.

Wait. What is a redneck anyways? Well, according to the official bible of literature, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a redneck is:

“A white person who lives in a small town or in the country especially in the southern U.S., who typically has a working-class job, and who is seen by others as being uneducated and having opinions and attitudes that are offensive.”

Plus, we thought why not add in a few stereotypes? Cause, you know, rednecks like to hunt, fish, drink, smoke and shoot things. And shop at Walmart.

Using that criteria, it’s not hard to scrape the internet, run some scientific data on where the most members of the Ohio redneck family tree most likely live.

Because, the data never lies, does it?

So, hold our beers and watch this. After analyzing all cities with a decent amount of people in them, we came up with this list as The Most Redneck Cities in Ohio:

Many of these are the types of places where people have deer horns on their hoods and where people wear camo to church.

Read on below to see where your town ranked.

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What redneck criteria did we use?

In order to rank the most redneck cities in Ohio, we had to determine what criteria makes a redneck.

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Yelp and Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

The dictionary definition categories

Small towns

Least amount of high school graduates

Lives in the south or midwest

And the stereotypical categories

Number of dive bars per city

Number of mobile home parks per capita

Number of tobacco stores per city

Number of places to get fishing gear

Number of guns and ammo stores per city

Walmarts, Golden Corrals, Bass Pro Shops, and Dollar Generals nearby

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.


1. Franklin

Mama Jo’s Catfish Alley, Franklin, OH. Google Maps

Population: 11,857

High school graduation rate: 75%

Gun stores per capita: 7th in Ohio

Mobile home parks per capita: 6th in the state

Whoo-whee, Franklin! You have the official bragging rights as being named the most redneck city in the entire state of Ohio. You may now brag to your friends and share this endlessly on your Facebook walls.

Franklin is halfway between Dayton and Cincinnati along I-75. Here, you have a high number of gun stores and mobile home parks. Rednecks love these things, and you can imagine that the gun stores and trailer parks are here for a reason.

Plus, it’s 98% white, and only 3 out of 4 people here graduated high school.

Sounds like redneck central.

2. Logan

Crystal Bar, Logan, OH. Google Maps

Population: 7,306

Gun stores per capita: 7th in Ohio

Walmart rank: 10th

Mobile home parks: 1st in Ohio

Not only do the numbers indicate there are rednecks all over the place in Logan, but the location makes sense, too. There are more mobile home/trailer parks per capita in the state here in Logan. Nothing’s more redneck than firing off a few rounds at the bug zapper at 1 am from the trailer park porch.

Plus, Logan is way down on Route 33 near the base of the Wayne National Forest. You can bet there’s lot of big bucks to be brought down every fall. And turkey, coons, possums. You name it.

3. Marietta

Constitution Bait and Tackle, Marietta, OH. Google Maps.

Population: 14,102

Gun stores per capita: 4th in Ohio

Fishing/bait shops per capita: 3rd in Ohio

Tobacco stores per capita: 3rd

Well, you ain’t runnin out of ammo, bait or chew out here in Marietta, for sure. They have almost more gun stores, bait shops and tobacco stores in the state, per capita here.

We refer to the number of tobacco stores as the ‘chew factor.’ In Marietta, the chew factor is a 3.

It’s 95% white in Marietta, which is located right on the West Virginia border. There are also several places to fish and hunt in the area. No wonder why so many rednecks live here.

4. Kenton

The Bar, Kenton, OH. Google Maps

Population: 8,205

High school graduation rate: 77%

Guns and ammo per capita: 12th in Ohio

Bars per capita:11th in the state

Kenton is 97% white, and is just about as far away from anyone else in the entire state. Located more than an hour north of Columbus, the rednecks out here have free reign to do just about anything they want without drawing much attention.

You can imagine the rednecks of Kenton are probably out mudding and blowing things up just about every night. There’s most likely lots of deer and turkey in the area as well.

Deer have no chance up here. None at all.

5. Celina

Bayview Pub, Celina, OH. From their Facebook page

Population: 10,393

Walmart rank: 9th in the state

Mobile home parks: 9h in Ohio

Chew factor: 8

Celina has the 9th most mobile home and trailer parks in Ohio, and its chew factor is a 9. They don’t build mobile home parks unless there are tenants to fill them.

Way out near the Indiana state line, Celina has great hunting and fishing spots. And it’s also home to the annual Governors Cup Regatta, which is a hydroplane race on Lake St. Mary’s.

You can imagine the rednecks line the banks every August to watch this event from their Ford and Chevy tailgates. There’s probably a shortage of Natty Light every week Celina hosts this event.

6. Cambridge

Creekside Tavern, Cambridge, OH. Google Maps

Population: 10,669

High school graduation rate: 78%

Dollar store rank: 2nd in Ohio

Walmart rank: 5th in the state

Cambridge is about three beers east of Columbus. It’s pure redneckdom out here when you look at the stats. And, it’s not too far away from Belmont County, which hosts the annual Ohio Redneck Run every year.

There are almost as many dollar stores per capita in Cambridge than anywhere else in the state. Plus, of course, they have a Walmart. Every redneck town has to have one of those.

Therefore, there’s no excuse for a redneck to show up to a barbecue in Cambridge without a nice outfit, paper plates and two cases of Busch Light. There are just too many redneck shopping options in the area.

God Bless America.

7. Salem

The Side Door and Salem Club Bars, Salem, OH. Google Maps

Population: 12,231

High school graduation rate: 79%

Chew factor: 10th

Bars per person: 11th in the state

Just south of Youngstown is the very rednecky town of Salem, Ohio. While there aren’t any large bodies of water to throw a pole in around the area, there are still plenty of places to fish. When did a ‘No Fishing’ sign ever stop a redneck?

Salem also has a large percentage of bars per capita in Ohio.

Oh, did we mention it’s 99% white here?

8. Xenia

Stan’s Bar, Xenia, OH. Google Maps

Population: 25,128

Fishing/bait shops per capita: 7th in Ohio

Bars per capita: 4th in the state

Dollar Store rank: 5th

Xenia, Ohio is a little slice of redneck heaven. And if the numbers don’t convince you, the internet seems to agree with us.

They based a redneck movie in Xenia, called “Gummo.” There’s a place called Redneck Recycling here. And several online commenters have noted that there is a high number of redneckery going on in this fine city.

9. Girard

The Master’s Bar and Grill, Girard, OH. Google Maps

Population: 9,940

Mobile home parks per capita: 7th in Ohio

Chew factor: 7th

Gun stores per capita: 18th in the state

Girard is another redneck town just on the outskirts of Youngstown. It’s 95% white, and very blue collar.

You have several mobile home parks in the area, and plenty of places to get ammo and chew. Plus, it’s right along the Mahoning River, so lucky residents can actually sit on their back decks, throw in a line, and pull out carp so big they could eat a Bull Shark.

All while listening to the OSU football game on the dial.

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Woodbury Outfitters, Coshocton, OH. Google Maps

Population: 11,215

Guns and ammo per capita: 7th in Ohio

Chew factor: 12

Dollar store rank: 12th in the state

You know there’s some good fishin in Coshocton. Located way out in the sticks, halfway between Canton and Columbus, Coshocton is at the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas Rivers.

They have a Walmart here, which is just about on the banks of the Tuscarawas. When the fish ain’t bitin, folks can just march over there and get some new bait.

A redneck always survives.

There You Have It

According to the official dictionary definition of a redneck, and based on stereotypes that the internet says are true, using science to determine the most redneck cities in a state can’t be too far off. If you’re analyzing smaller cities in Ohio with blue collar workers, where people have lots of options for drinking, fishing, hunting and Walmarting, this is an accurate list.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least redneck places in Ohio:

Dry Run (Pop. 7,131) Forestville (Pop. 10,539) Monfort Heights (Pop. 11,169) Mack (Pop. 11,517) Finneytown (Pop. 12,713)

We also wrote a story on the worst places to live in Ohio if you haven’t seen it yet.

City Population Rank Franklin 11857 1 Logan 7306 2 Marietta 14102 3 Kenton 8205 4 Celina 10393 5 Cambridge 10669 6 Salem 12311 7 Xenia 25125 8 Girard 9940 9 Coshocton 11215 10 Fremont 16717 11 Fairlawn 7432 12 New Philadelphia 17272 13 Circleville 13391 14 Huron 7150 15 Ravenna 11710 16 Independence 7102 17 Beachwood 11908 18 Bryan 8574 19 Oberlin 8288 20 Greenville 13185 21 London 9856 22 Wilmington 12545 23 Ashtabula 19144 24 Eaton 8387 25 Vermilion 10769 26 Tipp City 9722 27 Powell 11466 27 Springdale 11138 29 Worthington 13524 30 Washington Court House 14137 31 Painesville 19496 32 New Albany 7998 33 Mount Vernon 16942 34 Delphos 7163 35 Steubenville 18564 36 Macedonia 11137 37 East Liverpool 11248 38 Urbana 11675 39 Orrville 8484 40 Galion 10471 41 North Canton 17423 42 Bellefontaine 13478 43 Tiffin 17937 44 Vandalia 15194 45 Fostoria 13104 46 Willoughby Hills 9457 47 Bedford 13049 48 Maumee 14267 49 Bellevue 8211 50 Lyndhurst 13973 51 Napoleon 8782 52 Fairview Park 16763 53 Niles 19274 54 Wapakoneta 9866 55 Ironton 10995 55 West Carrollton 13161 57 Hubbard 7862 58 Pataskala 14794 59 Bucyrus 12306 60 Berea 19049 61 Seven Hills 11768 62 Highland Heights 8289 63 Harrison 9894 64 Loveland 12171 64 Wauseon 7229 66 Sheffield Lake 9147 67 Eastlake 18638 68 Olmsted Falls 8910 69 Wickliffe 12761 70 Van Wert 10730 71 Defiance 16733 72 Amherst 12056 73 Conneaut 12824 74 Norwood 19214 75 Trenton 11823 76 Brecksville 13576 77 Norwalk 16999 78 Mayfield Heights 19069 79 Streetsboro 15911 80 Shelby 9229 81 Middleburg Heights 15845 82 Struthers 10711 83 Monroe 12220 84 Aurora 15461 85 Canfield 7471 86 Pickerington 18387 86 Dover 12817 88 Blue Ash 12079 89 Cheviot 8356 90 University Heights 13514 91 Willowick 14154 92 Wyoming 8386 93 Whitehall 18216 94 Englewood 13383 95 Tallmadge 17505 96 Brooklyn 11101 97 Louisville 9155 98 Bedford Heights 10721 99 Twinsburg 18703 100

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