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46-474: The center serves as a hub for SORTA during sporting events and other special events. Since 2020 it has typically only used once a year, for BLINK, when Government Square is closed off, if used at all. The center is also used for charter bus parking during Reds and Bengals games, as well as commuter parking. The center is also expected to serve as the central hub for the planned Eastern Corridor Commuter Rail connecting Cincinnati to Milford . Promisingly,

92-435: A basic bus stop. The new transit center, which opened in 2020, features eight boarding bays, each with an architecturally designed shelter and enhanced streetscaping, lighting and amenities. In addition, the transit center features artwork designed by winners of the transit agency's art contest for Northside residents. The contest asked residents to submit designs following the theme, "What does Northside mean to me?” The artwork

138-478: A household in the county was $ 57,952, and the median income for a family was $ 64,692. Males had a median income of $ 47,027 versus $ 30,862 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 25,517. About 3.00% of families and 4.20% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.40% of those under age 18 and 4.70% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 212,693 people, 76,424 households, and 57,621 families residing in

184-724: A rail connection of favorable geometry could be easily made due to the Center's location and position, between the Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision and the Oasis Subdivision . The center has been criticised due to the fact that it is rarely used. Due to this, many have given it the moniker of "Cincinnati's Other Abandoned Subway", alongside the Cincinnati Subway . Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority ( SORTA )

230-592: A ridership of 13,091,500, or about 44,600 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. Downtown Cincinnati is also served by the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK), whose transit services extend over the Ohio River into Northern Kentucky . SORTA replaced the Cincinnati Transit Commission , which operated buses from 1952 to 1973. In 2012 SORTA Metro released its schedule information in

276-574: A scenic train that runs between Lebanon and Mason. Freight trains still serve Carlisle, and on a limited basis, Monroe, Mason, and Lebanon. Historically, there have been several trains that ran through the county whose stops became cities and villages. These trains include the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway , the Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad , and the Little Miami Railroad whose path

322-700: A sense of perspective, the portion of Cincinnati's earnings tax going to Metro's budget was about 0.3%. On May 14, 2020, Hamilton County voters passed Issue 7, which switches the source of SORTA funding to a sales tax. The sales tax in Hamilton County will be raised to 7.8% and the Cincinnati earnings tax is eliminated. The levy is projected to generate $ 130 million a year, which will be split 100/30 between Metro and road infrastructure respectively. The new sales tax rate went into effect on October 1, 2020. The new funding will be used to implement Reinventing Metro, which

368-414: A simpler fare structure. With this new fare model, base fare increased 25 cents to $ 2 per ride on all local routes. Express buses are $ 2.65 within Hamilton County. Certain express routes turned into commuter routes and have a $ 2 fare. Express routes that go into Butler, Clermont, and Warren County have a fare of $ 3.75. Zone fares and paper transfers were eliminated. Transfers are only available to those using

414-658: A teachers college, was in Lebanon from 1855 until 1917 when it closed. Several colleges offer classes in Warren County at various locations, including Sinclair Community College of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati , and Wilmington College . Sinclair opened a branch in the Mason area in 2007. The University of Cincinnati owns 398 acres (1.61 km ) of land at the intersections of I-71 and Wilmington road, but no plans for development on

460-672: A total of 2,800 employees at the site. Mason is also home to the corporate headquarters of LensCrafters . According to the county's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the county are: Warren County has a 3-member Board of County Commissioners that administer and oversee the various County departments, similar to all but 2 of the 88 Ohio counties. The original county commissioners in 1804 were Robert Benham , Matthias Corwin and William James. The elected commissioners now serve four-year terms. Warren County's current elected commissioners are: The following post offices, with ZIP codes, serve Warren County: These are

506-408: Is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio . As of the 2020 census , the population was 242,337. Its county seat is Lebanon and largest city is Mason . The county is one of Ohio's most affluent, with the highest median income of the state's 88 counties. The county was established on May 1, 1803, from Hamilton County ; it is named for Dr. Joseph Warren , a hero of

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552-438: Is a transit network redesign of its fixed-route services, but also introduces Mobility on Demand and Bus Rapid Transit to the region. Fixed-Route SORTA Metro operates about 40 major fixed bus routes, as well as a demand-responsive paratransit service. Of the major routes, roughly half run only at rush hours and are essentially commuter services, some of them serving the reverse commute . The other half operate throughout

598-640: Is displayed prominently on installations at the transit center's entrance and exit. The Northside project was a partnership with the Federal Transit Administration , the Ohio Department of Transportation , and other local stakeholders. Most of SORTA's roughly 3,600 stops are simply marked with a sign on a pole listing routes the stop serves, and are fairly infrastructure-light. Several dozen stops include bus shelters and covered benches. Several suburban stops are park-and-rides . Government Square

644-493: Is home to the Mason Business Center, a 2-million-square-foot (0.19 km ) research and development facility for Procter and Gamble (P&G), whose global headquarters are located in downtown Cincinnati . Originally built in 1995 after three years of construction, P&G recently completed expansion of a new 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m ) Beauty and Innovation Center in 2019, adding an additional 1,000 jobs for

690-524: Is now called MetroNow! , with two zones that launched pilot service in 2023. Metro will roll out several additional service zones in the future. With the passage of Issue 7 in the spring of 2020, Hamilton County voters approved a sales tax levy of 0.8 percent and a new funding source for Metro. One example of the new Metro is the Northside Transit Center, which is located in Northside and replaced

736-617: Is now replaced by the Little Miami Bike Trail . There have been proposals to run commuter trains from Cincinnati to the Kings Island area, but none have ever found sufficient support or funding. There is no public bus transportation based in Warren County, but there is limited service from Cincinnati to Mason and Kings Island. Middletown also runs bus service to eastern portions of Middletown that are in Warren County. There are no commercially navigable waterways in Warren County, but

782-630: Is owned by the county. The county leases a public terminal, but other facilities are privately owned and operated under contract by a Fixed-base operator . The airport serves general and business aviation, but has no commercial airlines. There are also two privately owned operating airports in the county; Waynesville airport, also known as Red Stewart Field (40I), and Caesar Creek Gliderport (2OH9), both with grass runways. Operations have ceased at two former private paved runway airports, Brownie's Lebanon Airport (19I), and Lebanon San Mar Gale (OH79). Warren County does not have passenger train service except for

828-556: Is the public transport agency serving Cincinnati and its Ohio suburbs. SORTA operates Metro fixed-route buses, bus rapid transit, microtransit, and paratransit services. SORTA's headquarters are located at the Huntington Building in Cincinnati’s Central Business District . The agency is managed by CEO and General Manager Darryl Haley along with a 13-member board of trustees. In 2023, the system had

874-595: Is the main transit station, located downtown near Fountain Square . SORTA owns and operates several transit centers across the region including the recently constructed Northside Transit Center, Oakley Transit Center, and Glenway Transit Center. SORTA operates the Riverfront Transit Center though it's only used for a layover point for the Metro*Plus route and a stop for route 85. On April 4, 2021, Metro introduced

920-484: Is water. The county is a rough square with the sides about 20 miles (32 km) long. Warren County was created by the first Ohio General Assembly in the Act of March 24, 1803, which also created Butler and Montgomery Counties. The act defined Warren County as "all that part of the county of Hamilton included within the following bounds, viz.: Beginning at the northeast corner of the county of Clermont, running thence west with

966-637: The General Transit Feed Specification , making schedules more easily available to customers. The Cincinnati Bell Connector was operated by SORTA until 2019; the City of Cincinnati has since owned and operated the streetcar. Until 2021, SORTA Metro was funded primarily by Cincinnati's city earnings tax, second by fares, and third by federal sources, with some other minor sources. This stood in contrast to other Ohio transit agencies, such as COTA and GCRTA which are primarily funded by sales tax. For

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1012-540: The Revolution who sent Paul Revere and the overlooked William Dawes on their famous rides and who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill . Warren County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area . Warren County was established in 1803. The first non-Native American settlers were migrants from New England . During the election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln received 60% of the vote in Warren County, and in 1864 he

1058-838: The Star-Press in Springboro, was owned by the parent of the Middletown Journal and the Dayton Daily News , Cox Media Group. Other weeklies include the Franklin Chronicle . For a time in the mid-1990s, Lebanon was the home of commercial radio station WMMA-FM , begun by Mike and Marilyn McMurray in 1994. The McMurrays sold to what was then known as American Radio Systems License Corp. a Boston -based chain of stations which also owned Cincinnati stations WGRR-FM and WKRQ (both since sold to various other owners). The new owners moved

1104-671: The Warren County Canal did operate in the 19th century as a branch of the Miami and Erie Canal , bringing freight to Lebanon by canal boat . Recreationally, the Little Miami River can be traveled by canoe or kayak for its length through the county, and motorized boating can be done at Caesar's Creek Lake. The Journal-News circulates in Franklin , Springboro , Lebanon , and Turtlecreek Township . The Dayton Daily News , circulates in

1150-493: The 20th century. In 1976, two of the three county commission seats were won by Democrats, and as late as the 1990s, local elections between Democrats and Republicans frequently remained competitive. However, with the massive expansion of Warren County's population in the 1990s, the county turned as solidly Republican at the local level as it already was at other levels, with Republicans typically running unopposed. In elections between 1996 and 2012, in which eight county offices were on

1196-538: The County line; thence with same south to the place of beginning." Originally this included land now in Clinton County as far east as Wilmington . Clinton County proved a continuing headache to the legislature. The Ohio Constitution requires that every county have an area of at least four hundred square miles (1,036 km ). Clinton County's boundaries were several times adjusted in an effort to comply with that clause of

1242-703: The Great and Little Miamis, the sides are all straight lines. The major rivers of the county are the Great Miami River , which flows through the northwest corner of the county in Franklin Township , and the Little Miami River which zig-zags across the county from north to south. There is one sizable lake, the Caesars Creek Reservoir , created by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on Caesars Creek in

1288-667: The Transit app and to 5-ride ticket users. There are several day pass options available to purchase. Mobile fares must be purchased through the Transit app. Refer to the charts for more information. Transfers to higher-cost service require payment of the fare difference. Children under 36 inches ride for free with a fare-paying rider; a limit of 2 children applies. SORTA operates about 350 buses on fixed routes, and about 50 smaller vehicles as part of their 'demand responsive services'. All vehicles in SORTA's fleet are ADA accessible. On average, vehicles in

1334-584: The ballot, no Democrat even filed. In November 1999, the last elected Democrat to hold office in Warren County, a member of the Educational Service Center (county school board), lost her seat to a Republican. School districts include: Non-geographic districts include: Warren County has no native colleges or universities, but was the original site selected for Miami University which instead located in Oxford, Ohio in 1809. National Normal University ,

1380-456: The constitution. One of them, the Act of January 30, 1815, detached a strip of land from the eastern side to give to Clinton. That would have left Warren under four hundred square miles (1,036 km ), so a portion of Butler County (the part of Franklin Township where Carlisle is now located) was attached to Warren in compensation. The 1815 act was as follows: Except for the sections formed by

1426-849: The county's vote. In 2008, Warren County cast the largest net vote for John McCain of any Ohio county. Before the Republican Party was formed, Warren County supported the Whigs . The Republican trend is no less pronounced at the state level. Since 1869, Warren County has almost always supported the Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio , the exceptions being in 1924 when it supported Vic Donahey , 1932 ( George White ), 1952 ( Frank Lausche ), and 1958 ( Michael V. DiSalle ). However, other than DiSalle, each of these four Democrats, who were all victorious statewide, were conservative Democrats. In local races, Warren County occasionally elected Democrats for much of

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1472-400: The county. The population density was 530.0 inhabitants per square mile (204.6/km ). There were 80,750 housing units at an average density of 201.2 per square mile (77.7/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 90.5% white, 3.9% Asian, 3.3% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.2% of

1518-500: The day, and some offer increased frequency during rush hours. Approximately 90% of all trips are made on the all-day routes, and 10% on the express commuter routes. Routes 29X and 82X extend into neighboring Clermont County under an arrangement with the Clermont Transportation Connection . Routes 71X & 72X extend into neighboring Warren County under an arrangement with Warren County Transit . Route 42X

1564-656: The fixed route fleet are 6.9 years old, and in the demand-responsive fleet 1.4 years. Vehicles in the fixed route fleet are rated, on average, for a capacity and 65 passengers, both sitting and standing. All fixed-route buses have a bike rack mounted on the front with room for two bicycles. Garages For more information about the history of Metro's fleet, including current and retired buses, go to CPTDB: Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority Adjacent public transit agencies: Other major public transit agencies in Ohio: Warren County, Ohio Warren County

1610-586: The line of said county to the Little Miami ; thence up the same with the meanders thereof to the north boundary of the first tier of sections in the second entire range of townships in the Miami Purchase ; thence west to the northeast corner of Section No. 7 in the third township of the aforesaid range; thence north to the Great Miami ; thence up the same to the middle of the fifth range of townships; thence east to

1656-506: The most Republican counties in Ohio, and has been since the party was established in the 1850s. Since the first presidential election after its founding, 1856, Warren County has supported the Republican candidate for president all but once, the exception being 1964 when Warren County voted for Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson over Barry M. Goldwater . Jimmy Carter is the only other Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win as much as 40 percent of

1702-653: The northeast part of the county in Massie Township . As of the census of 2000, there were 158,383 people, 55,966 households, and 43,261 families residing in the county. The population density was 396 inhabitants per square mile (153/km ). There were 58,692 housing units at an average density of 147 per square mile (57/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 94.66% White , 2.73% Black or African American , 0.18% Native American , 1.26% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.31% from other races , and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of

1748-597: The northern part of the county. The Cincinnati Enquirer circulates through most of the county while the Cincinnati Post abandoned all distribution in the county in 2004. Among its weekly papers was The Western Star , the oldest weekly in the state and the oldest newspaper west of the Appalachians published under its original name. It was closed on January 17, 2013. The Star, like the Pulse-Journal in Mason and

1794-401: The population. There were 55,966 households, out of which 39.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.20% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.70% were non-families. 18.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1840-443: The population. In terms of ancestry, 28.7% were German , 14.1% were Irish , 12.0% were English , 11.6% were American , and 5.0% were Italian . Of the 76,424 households, 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 24.6% were non-families, and 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size

1886-420: The site have been announced. The county has six public libraries: Warren County has one public airport, designated as Lebanon-Warren County Airport (I68). The runway is a 4502' x 65' paved and lighted north–south runway (01/19), and parallel taxiway. Navigation and communications equipment includes PAPI , AWOS , Pilot Controlled Lighting , and UNICOM . The airport runway, taxiway, and navigation equipment

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1932-481: The telephone companies serving Warren County: CenturyLink (CL); FairPoint Communications (FP); Altafiber (AF); AT&T (AT&T); TDS Telecom (TDS); and Frontier Communications (F). Warren County is in the 513 and 937 area codes. The following exchange areas serve Warren County, listed with the area code and incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) abbreviation from above serving that exchange (list may not be up-to-date): Warren County has long been one of

1978-472: Was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.14. The median age was 37.8 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 71,274 and the median income for a family was $ 82,090. Males had a median income of $ 61,091 versus $ 41,331 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 31,935. About 4.7% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over. Warren County

2024-401: Was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.12. In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.70% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 34.00% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 9.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 102.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.40 males. The median income for

2070-604: Was a route that extended into neighboring Butler County under an agreement with Butler County Regional Transit Authority (BCRTA). The route was discontinued at the end of 2023. On January 1, 2024, BCRTA started their own route and brand it as CincyLink that will run from Middletown to Downtown Cincinnati. Mobility on Demand (Spring 2023) Throughout 2021 and early 2022, Metro has been developing an accessible, on-demand and localized mobility service, including connections to Metro's network of more than 40 fixed bus routes. Previously referred to as "Mobility On-Demand," this service

2116-498: Was reelected with 70% of the vote in the county. From that time on the county was a stronghold of the Republican party, with Ulysses S. Grant going on to carry the county by large margins in both 1868 and 1872. According to the United States Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 407 square miles (1,050 km ), of which 401 square miles (1,040 km ) is land and 6.0 square miles (16 km ) (1.5%)

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