Fort McKinley, Ohio

Fort McKinley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Harrison Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,473.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

Fort McKinley is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Fort McKinley was platted in 1914.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

The community is in northeastern Montgomery County, in the southwest corner of Harrison Township. It is bordered to the north and east by unincorporated Shiloh, to the west by the city of Trotwood, and to the south by the city of Dayton. Salem Avenue (former Ohio State Route 49) passes through the southern part of Fort McKinley, leading southeast Template:Convert to the center of Dayton and northwest Template:Convert to Interstate 70.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fort McKinley CDP has an area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/>

Demographics

2020 census

Fort McKinley CDP, Ohio – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000Census>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	1,725	Template:Center	720	43.24%	Template:Center	20.73%
Black or African American alone (NH)	2,114	Template:Center	2,456	53.00%	Template:Center	70.72%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	7	Template:Center	6	0.18%	Template:Center	0.17%
Asian alone (NH)	14	Template:Center	6	0.35%	Template:Center	0.17%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	Template:Center	5	0.00%	Template:Center	0.14%
Other race alone (NH)	14	Template:Center	31	0.35%	Template:Center	0.89%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	89	Template:Center	163	2.23%	Template:Center	4.69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	26	Template:Center	86	0.65%	Template:Center	2.48%
Total	3,989	Template:Center	3,473	100.00%	Template:Center	100.00%

2010 census

Fort McKinley was not listed in the 2010 U.S. Census.

2000 Census

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,989 people, 1,587 households, and 1,068 families residing in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,713 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 43.44% White, 53.17% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.55% from other races, and 2.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 1,587 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were married couples living together, 23.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $31,933, and the median income for a family was $41,490. Males had a median income of $28,224 versus $25,903 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,155. About 10.3% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.4% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.