Where fiber is being built in Ohio
As of Dec 31, 2025, FCC filings show fiber at 51.5% of Ohio's 5.8 million homes, and the number of fiber homes grew 9.3% from June 30, 2025.
Fiber was filed in 812 of 895 Ohio cities and towns with 250 or more homes. In 510 of them it reached more than half of homes, and in the typical one it reached 69.6%.
Nationally, fiber was filed at 55.8% of homes. FCC Broadband Data Collection, residential units, 25/3 Mbps or faster. Filed by the providers themselves. How this is computed
Ohio counties
Pick a county for its full set of measures, grants and providers. Shares are of residential units, FCC filing as of Dec 31, 2025; growth is from June 30, 2025.
| County | Homes | Fiber share | Cable, no fiber | Fiber home growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 14,676 | 22.1% | at least 38.9% | +52.5% |
| Allen County | 49,864 | 42.8% | at least 48% | +32.2% |
| Ashland County | 25,840 | 43.2% | at least 42.3% | +7.7% |
| Ashtabula County | 51,883 | 67.3% | at least 19.3% | +0.9% |
| Athens County | 30,639 | 24% | at least 52.3% | +30.3% |
| Auglaize County | 23,725 | 52.1% | at least 33.6% | no change |
| Belmont County | 34,972 | 20.9% | at least 68.3% | no change |
| Brown County | 22,246 | 23.6% | at least 56.6% | +131.1% |
| Butler County | 173,767 | 66.9% | at least 30.2% | +0.1% |
| Carroll County | 15,621 | 44% | at least 29.4% | +25.7% |
| Champaign County | 18,413 | 17.5% | at least 54% | -42% |
| Clark County | 65,922 | 23.6% | at least 70.6% | +17.9% |
| Clermont County | 100,243 | 80.5% | at least 16.7% | +1.2% |
| Clinton County | 21,622 | 58.6% | at least 31.9% | +32.3% |
| Columbiana County | 53,041 | 3.3% | at least 79.1% | +66.3% |
| Coshocton County | 18,833 | 22.6% | at least 56% | +55.8% |
| Crawford County | 22,171 | 58.1% | at least 19% | +6.2% |
| Cuyahoga County | 657,685 | 55.1% | at least 42.7% | +7.4% |
| Darke County | 25,744 | 53.3% | at least 22.6% | +21.7% |
| Defiance County | 18,640 | 82.5% | at least 6.7% | +0.2% |
| Delaware County | 98,957 | 34.9% | at least 60.7% | +26.3% |
| Erie County | 42,373 | 81.7% | at least 13.3% | -0.2% |
| Fairfield County | 70,524 | 32.7% | at least 59.2% | +15.1% |
| Fayette County | 14,461 | 56.9% | at least 25.8% | +18.1% |
| Franklin County | 642,253 | 36.6% | at least 61.5% | +10.8% |
| Fulton County | 20,791 | 50.4% | at least 27.4% | -0.9% |
| Gallia County | 15,987 | 13.4% | at least 26.8% | +19.4% |
| Geauga County | 42,527 | 43.9% | at least 47.7% | +29.2% |
| Greene County | 79,953 | 62.3% | at least 32.5% | +15.5% |
| Guernsey County | 21,967 | 63.7% | at least 14.3% | +3.4% |
| Hamilton County | 407,880 | 83.1% | at least 15.5% | +1.2% |
| Hancock County | 37,161 | 66.2% | at least 26.5% | +3.9% |
| Hardin County | 14,293 | 73% | at least 15.4% | +12.1% |
| Harrison County | 9,372 | 27.4% | at least 19.9% | +8% |
| Henry County | 13,924 | 60.9% | at least 12.6% | +6.6% |
| Highland County | 21,218 | 45.2% | at least 39.3% | +54.1% |
| Hocking County | 15,084 | 20.1% | at least 33.7% | +30.4% |
| Holmes County | 17,758 | 33.1% | at least 20.1% | +21.4% |
| Huron County | 30,152 | 58.8% | at least 28.2% | +2.3% |
| Jackson County | 16,638 | 54.8% | at least 24.8% | +8.3% |
| Jefferson County | 35,938 | 13.2% | at least 76.6% | +25% |
| Knox County | 29,249 | 25.2% | at least 55.9% | +33.7% |
| Lake County | 116,939 | 48.5% | at least 48% | +22.1% |
| Lawrence County | 29,338 | 3.5% | at least 81.9% | +16.1% |
| Licking County | 78,816 | 40.2% | at least 50% | +10.5% |
| Logan County | 27,036 | 49.3% | at least 28.8% | +36.6% |
| Lorain County | 149,712 | 60.2% | at least 38.2% | +5.6% |
| Lucas County | 219,598 | 56.4% | at least 41.7% | +11.6% |
| Madison County | 19,542 | 30.8% | at least 50.1% | -14.1% |
| Mahoning County | 119,341 | 46.9% | at least 49.6% | +18.6% |
| Marion County | 29,950 | 61% | at least 22.6% | +1.5% |
| Medina County | 84,916 | 62.9% | at least 34.8% | +15% |
| Meigs County | 13,134 | 18.2% | at least 26.4% | +33% |
| Mercer County | 22,243 | 81.7% | at least 5.2% | +0.2% |
| Miami County | 52,183 | 75.5% | at least 17.8% | -0.4% |
| Monroe County | 8,664 | 66.6% | at least 3.3% | +12.9% |
| Montgomery County | 276,765 | 57.5% | at least 38.9% | +5.3% |
| Morgan County | 8,546 | 55.5% | at least 22.6% | +48.1% |
| Morrow County | 17,216 | 60.2% | at least 21% | +4.8% |
| Muskingum County | 42,745 | 19.9% | at least 71.3% | +87.5% |
| Noble County | 8,567 | 62.1% | at least 18.4% | +10.3% |
| Ottawa County | 32,300 | 38.3% | at least 49.9% | -11.2% |
| Paulding County | 10,347 | 66.6% | at least 14.2% | +6.6% |
| Perry County | 17,038 | 13.6% | at least 50% | +161.3% |
| Pickaway County | 25,707 | 33.7% | at least 48.6% | +3.7% |
| Pike County | 13,485 | 53.2% | at least 26.7% | +47.9% |
| Portage County | 79,080 | 23.8% | at least 72.5% | +23.4% |
| Preble County | 19,711 | 42.1% | at least 39.5% | +31.9% |
| Putnam County | 16,225 | 51.5% | at least 22.1% | +5.2% |
| Richland County | 60,508 | 66.1% | at least 26.8% | +13.5% |
| Ross County | 35,015 | 48.2% | at least 35.2% | +5.7% |
| Sandusky County | 29,214 | 51.3% | at least 31.9% | -6.3% |
| Scioto County | 37,861 | 55.1% | at least 30.3% | +36.9% |
| Seneca County | 26,816 | 48.4% | at least 36% | -2.3% |
| Shelby County | 22,557 | 65.6% | at least 18.4% | no change |
| Stark County | 180,968 | 45.5% | at least 49.7% | +25.8% |
| Summit County | 269,672 | 50.2% | at least 47.7% | +19.6% |
| Trumbull County | 103,711 | 56.7% | at least 37.9% | +17.6% |
| Tuscarawas County | 48,584 | 45.9% | at least 37% | no change |
| Union County | 29,301 | 30.4% | at least 56% | +10.6% |
| Van Wert County | 14,049 | 55.5% | at least 17.1% | +0.3% |
| Vinton County | 6,699 | 25.3% | at least 21% | +16.4% |
| Warren County | 104,940 | 71.4% | at least 25.4% | +4% |
| Washington County | 32,467 | 10% | at least 62% | +144.2% |
| Wayne County | 52,437 | 71.3% | at least 23.7% | +12.6% |
| Williams County | 18,727 | 39% | at least 26.1% | +7.5% |
| Wood County | 65,135 | 61.3% | at least 30% | +3% |
| Wyandot County | 11,734 | 59.4% | at least 13.3% | +12.6% |
The 30 largest places in Ohio
By number of homes. Search above for any of the other 1,235 cities and towns.
| City or town | Homes | Fiber share | Cable, no fiber | Fiber home growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 453,795 | 35.5% | at least 62.8% | +11% |
| Cleveland | 215,955 | 46.3% | at least 51% | +5.7% |
| Cincinnati | 172,200 | 77.4% | at least 21.3% | +2.1% |
| Toledo | 143,371 | 49.3% | at least 49.5% | +15.5% |
| Akron | 99,123 | 45.9% | at least 51.9% | +16.4% |
| Dayton | 75,765 | 55.1% | at least 41.1% | +1.2% |
| Parma | 37,918 | 76.1% | at least 23.3% | +6.1% |
| Canton | 34,300 | 28.9% | at least 66.7% | +27.8% |
| Kettering | 31,953 | 79.8% | at least 18.1% | +3.2% |
| Lorain | 31,933 | 87.9% | at least 11% | +4.7% |
| Youngstown | 31,477 | 22.4% | at least 71.1% | +64.6% |
| Hamilton | 30,274 | 84.6% | at least 13.6% | -0.1% |
| Springfield | 29,482 | 28.8% | at least 66.4% | +11.5% |
| Lakewood | 28,712 | 67.9% | at least 31.1% | -1.3% |
| Cuyahoga Falls | 26,629 | 66% | at least 32% | +7.7% |
| Elyria | 26,595 | 59.3% | at least 39.8% | +1.3% |
| Middletown | 26,198 | 19.4% | at least 74.7% | +26.5% |
| Euclid | 25,354 | 77.4% | at least 20.6% | -2.1% |
| Mentor | 24,372 | 45.6% | at least 49.9% | +25.1% |
| Mansfield | 23,172 | 84% | at least 13.2% | -1.8% |
| Cleveland Heights | 23,063 | 69.2% | at least 30.2% | +2.8% |
| Fairfield | 22,895 | 74.6% | at least 23.6% | -2.4% |
| Newark | 22,101 | 72.1% | at least 27% | -0.3% |
| Delaware | 21,847 | 39.5% | at least 57.5% | +12.2% |
| Beavercreek | 21,585 | 80.7% | at least 17.7% | +2.3% |
| Dublin | 21,578 | 77.6% | at least 19.4% | +14.4% |
| Findlay | 20,597 | 78.8% | at least 19.5% | +0.9% |
| Warren | 20,289 | 87.2% | at least 10.3% | +8.8% |
| Strongsville | 20,167 | 19.3% | at least 79.1% | +16.5% |
| Lancaster | 20,091 | 67.7% | at least 30% | +23.7% |
The data
Every number on this page traces to one cell in the download. Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Fixed Broadband Summary by Geography, filings as of June 30, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025. Census figures: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Grants: FCC Broadband Funding Map and the state broadband office.
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