Toilet Repair in Ohio

Weighted across 1,414,598 occupied homes. Separately, 68% of the state’s 1,524,726 housing units — a wider universe, because it includes vacant ones — were built before 1990, which is before the Energy Policy Act of 1992 set a 1.6 gallon flush maximum.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 (tenure) and B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Flush volumes: US EPA WaterSense, tank-type toilet supporting statement.

A state average hides the thing that matters. Of the 168 towns we route in here, 58 are mostly pre-1990 housing and 19 are mostly post-1990 housing; on tenure, 79 are strongly owner-occupied and 3 are renter-heavy.

The two are close to independent of each other, so an old town is not reliably an owning town or a renting one. That is why every town page below carries its own pair of figures rather than inheriting these.

The fault list does not vary by state. A running tank is the flapper or the fill valve, and EPA publishes a ten-minute test that tells them apart. Water at the base is four different faults, one of which is condensation and not a leak at all. A fixture that rocks is the one that causes the seal failure you will meet later.

What varies by town is who fixes it. In a rented home the toilet is normally the landlord’s repair, and in the towns above that is a large share of households.

Checking a credential in Ohio

Ohio licenses are issued by the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board, Department of Commerce, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. Ohio licenses commercial plumbing contractors at state level; residential-only work is generally regulated locally.

• Alexandria 89% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Amanda 87% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Anna 78% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Ansonia 77% owner-occupied · 91% pre-1990
• Arcanum 81% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Ashley 77% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Ashville 73% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Baltimore 79% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Bellbrook 80% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Berlin Center 87% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Blanchester 69% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Botkins 82% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Brookfield 88% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Brookville 73% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Burghill 90% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Cable 92% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Camden 80% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Campbell 69% owner-occupied · 91% pre-1990
• Canal Winchester 62% owner-occupied · 28% pre-1990
• Canfield 89% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Cardington 78% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Carroll 88% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Casstown 93% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Cedarville 77% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Centerburg 91% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Christiansburg 89% owner-occupied · 98% pre-1990
• Cincinnati 47% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Clayton 83% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Columbiana 67% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Columbus 45% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Conover 87% owner-occupied · 93% pre-1990
• Croton 88% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Dayton 62% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Deerfield 91% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Delaware 70% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• Diamond 91% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• East Liberty 92% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• East Palestine 75% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Eaton 76% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Englewood 76% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Enon 79% owner-occupied · 89% pre-1990
• Fairborn 52% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Fairfield 61% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Farmersville 94% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Fletcher 85% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Fort Loramie 91% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Fowler 97% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Franklin 73% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Galena 94% owner-occupied · 31% pre-1990
• Germantown 83% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Girard 71% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Glenford 90% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Granville 87% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Hamilton 72% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Harveysburg 74% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Heath 78% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Hebron 75% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Hollansburg 84% owner-occupied · 92% pre-1990
• Houston 94% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Hubbard 81% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Jackson Center 68% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Jamestown 83% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Johnstown 82% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Lake Milton 78% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Lancaster 67% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Laura 87% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Leavittsburg 79% owner-occupied · 94% pre-1990
• Lebanon 75% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Leetonia 85% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Lewis Center 75% owner-occupied · 7% pre-1990
• Lewisburg 77% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Lisbon 72% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• London 72% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Loveland 81% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Lowellville 86% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Ludlow Falls 77% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Maineville 85% owner-occupied · 33% pre-1990
• Maplewood 94% owner-occupied · 80% pre-1990
• Marengo 86% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Marysville 76% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Mason 78% owner-occupied · 28% pre-1990
• Masury 71% owner-occupied · 97% pre-1990
• McDonald 83% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• Mechanicsburg 77% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Medway 88% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Miamisburg 64% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Middletown 66% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Milford Center 93% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Millersport 78% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Mineral Ridge 80% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Monroe 75% owner-occupied · 31% pre-1990
• Morrow 88% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Mount Perry 78% owner-occupied · 21% pre-1990
• Mount Sterling 79% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Negley 97% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• New Albany 68% owner-occupied · 10% pre-1990
• New Carlisle 80% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• New Lebanon 80% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• New Madison 74% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• New Middletown 83% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• New Springfield 72% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• New Waterford 83% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• New Weston 82% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Newark 61% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Newton Falls 71% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Niles 58% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• North Benton 81% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• North Jackson 79% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• North Lima 83% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Oregonia 92% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Orient 87% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Ostrander 95% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Pataskala 82% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Petersburg 89% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Phillipsburg 75% owner-occupied · 96% pre-1990
• Pickerington 86% owner-occupied · 38% pre-1990
• Piqua 69% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Plain City 84% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Pleasant Hill 77% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Pleasantville 79% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Powell 88% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Prospect 85% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Radnor 96% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Raymond 84% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Richwood 79% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Rogers 88% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Rossburg 86% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Rushville 82% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Russia 85% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Saint Paris 81% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Salem 72% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Sidney 68% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Somerset 86% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Somerville 93% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• South Charleston 74% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• South Lebanon 78% owner-occupied · 41% pre-1990
• South Vienna 91% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Spring Valley 88% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Springboro 90% owner-occupied · 35% pre-1990
• Springfield 65% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Struthers 69% owner-occupied · 93% pre-1990
• Sugar Grove 82% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Sunbury 81% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Thornville 86% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Thurston 64% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Tipp City 73% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Trenton 76% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Troy 71% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Union City 70% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• Urbana 74% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Vandalia 65% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Versailles 77% owner-occupied · 80% pre-1990
• Vienna 81% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Waldo 81% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Warren 67% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• Washingtonville 60% owner-occupied · 87% pre-1990
• Waynesville 83% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• West Alexandria 83% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• West Chester 78% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• West Milton 76% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Westerville 68% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• Wilberforce 75% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Wilmington 69% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Woodstock 86% owner-occupied · 91% pre-1990
• Xenia 71% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Yellow Springs 72% owner-occupied · 80% pre-1990
• Yorkshire 84% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Youngstown 67% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990