Cincinnati neighborhoods

Cincinnati Areas & Neighborhoods

24 Cincinnati neighborhoods and nearby areas. Pick one on the map, or browse the list below.

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Avondale

Avondale has just over 12,000 residents, according to the city's neighborhood profile. It has active community councils and completed community planning processes in 2018.

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CUF

CUF is the shorthand for Clifton Heights, University Heights and Fairview, one of Uptown Cincinnati's five neighborhoods alongside Avondale, Clifton, Corryville and Mt. Auburn. Uptown Consortium works across those neighborhoods in partnership with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority.

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Camp Washington

Camp Washington is home to Camp Washington Chili, which has served chili since 1940 from the corner of Hopple and Colerain Streets. The parlor is open around the clock from Monday morning to Saturday afternoon and closed on Sundays.

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Clifton

Clifton was established as a village in 1850, was annexed in 1893 and sits three miles uphill from downtown Cincinnati. Visit Cincy's Clifton guide also covers the nearby University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Burnet Woods offers hiking trails, a fishing lake and disc golf, and the Esquire Theatre and Ludlow Garage are local stops.

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College Hill

College Hill has around 16,150 residents, according to the city's neighborhood profile. About 33.7% of the neighborhood is under tree canopy and 19.5% of its land is parks and greenspace. The College Hill Community Council and the College Hill Urban Redevelopment Council are both active.

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Columbia Tusculum

Columbia Tusculum began as the settlement of Columbia, founded by Benjamin Stites and 26 settlers from New Jersey in November 1788, a month before Losantiville, later Cincinnati. The neighborhood's own history lists the first school in Hamilton County, opened in 1790. The Morris house at 3644 Eastern Avenue, thought to date to 1804, is described as the county's oldest continuously inhabited home.

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Corryville

Corryville is a Cincinnati neighborhood with 3,859 residents, according to the city's neighborhood profile. The profile rates its access to public transit as excellent and its walkability as average.

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Downtown

Downtown is Cincinnati's compact urban core, and Visit Cincy says the city is best explored here on foot. Fountain Square and Smale Riverfront Park are among its landmarks, and the free Connector streetcar runs a 3.6-mile loop through it.

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East End

East End has around 1,562 residents, according to the city's neighborhood profile. The East End Area Council is active, and its community plans include the East End Garden District Plan and the East End Riverfront Community Development Plan. The profile rates its public transit access as excellent.

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Hyde Park

Hyde Park was founded in 1892 and lies six miles from Cincinnati's Central Business District. Hyde Park Square spans two blocks along Erie Avenue and is home to over 100 unique shops, restaurants and events, and the Hyde Park Farmers Market sets up there on Sundays. The Wasson Way Trail passes through on its way toward Rookwood Commons in Norwood.

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Mt. Adams

Mt. Adams is one of Cincinnati's oldest neighborhoods, known for twisting streets and steep hills near downtown. An incline was added to its cliffside in 1872 to connect it with downtown. Eden Park, the Cincinnati Art Museum, with free general admission, and Playhouse in the Park are its main draws.

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Mt. Airy

Mt. Airy borders Mt. Airy Forest, which lies between Mt. Airy and Westwood and is Cincinnati's largest park at 1,459 acres. The man-made forest has miles of hiking trails, picnic areas, a disc golf course and a multi-use mountain biking trail.

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Mt. Auburn

Mt. Auburn is the neighborhood where William Howard Taft spent his boyhood. The Taft family house on Auburn Avenue was completed in 1840, and his father, Alphonso Taft, bought it eleven years later. It is now part of William Howard Taft National Historic Site, run by the National Park Service.

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Mt. Lookout

Mt. Lookout began as a small village called Delta and was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in 1870. It was renamed after the Cincinnati Observatory was built at the end of Observatory Place. Ault Park is named for Levi Addison Ault and his wife, who donated about 30 acres of its land.

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Northside

Northside sits about 10 minutes from downtown Cincinnati and is known for breweries, vintage shops and live music. Shake It Records has sold music there for more than 20 years, and the Northside Rock 'N Roll Carnival fills Hoffner Park over July Fourth weekend. Urban Artifact brews fruited beers inside a church.

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Oakley

Oakley was founded in 1898 and was first named Four Mile for its proximity to downtown Cincinnati. The 20th Century Theatre, built in 1941, was one of the city's first neighborhood cinemas. MadTree Brewing opened its original taproom here.

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Over-the-Rhine

Over-the-Rhine sits just north of downtown Cincinnati and traces its roots to German immigrants in the nineteenth century. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and Visit Cincy says it has the largest collection of well-preserved Italianate architecture in the country. Boutiques line Vine Street and Main Street and the area around Findlay Market, and Washington Park sits in front of Music Hall.

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Pendleton

Pendleton is the Cincinnati neighborhood home to Pendleton Art Center. On the last Friday of each month, the center's 200 in-house artists show their work at Final Friday, and the event extends through Pendleton and Over-the-Rhine.

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Pleasant Ridge

Pleasant Ridge is a walkable Cincinnati neighborhood, and its community council points to award-winning parks and a lively mix of independent businesses. Homeowners and renters are close to evenly split. Its community calendar includes Ridge Day, Art on Arrow and a Tour of Homes.

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Price Hill

Price Hill sits in the hills above the Ohio River just west of downtown Cincinnati and covers a little over six square miles. Locals divide it into East Price Hill, West Price Hill and Lower Price Hill. Mt. Echo Park has a historic pavilion and views of Cincinnati, and Price Hill Chili is the neighborhood's namesake parlor.

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The Banks

The Banks is Cincinnati's riverfront district, set between Great American Ball Park and Paycor Stadium. Smale Riverfront Park, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Roebling Suspension Bridge are all part of a visit here. It is a designated DORA district, and the Connector streetcar has a stop at The Banks.

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Walnut Hills

Walnut Hills was annexed to Cincinnati in 1869, which Visit Cincy says makes it one of the region's oldest hilltop neighborhoods. Known as the city's second downtown, it sits on a hilltop northeast of downtown. The Harriet Beecher Stowe House, later a Green Book inn, and ArtWorks V2 Gallery are here.

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West End

West End has a population of 5,658, according to the city's neighborhood profile. It has the West End Community Council and the West End Neighborhood Development Corporation, and its community plans include the West End Speaks Plan and the West End Housing Study.

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Westwood

Westwood has a population of 31,353, according to the city's neighborhood profile. About 29.5% of the neighborhood is under tree canopy. It has a community council and the Westwood Community Redevelopment Corporation.

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