Villages at Roll Hill, Cincinnati

Villages at Roll Hill (formerly called Fay Apartments) is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. The neighborhood predominantly consists of Section 8 housing. The population was 1,918 at the 2020 census.

History
In the 1850s, Roll Hill was the site of tunneling project as part of the Cincinnati Western Railroad's attempt to build a standard-gauge track from Cincinnati to Chicago. The company went bankrupt in 1860, leaving the railroad tunnel under Roll Hill unfinished.

Roll Hill was transformed into a public housing project in the 1960s, with the projects receiving the name Fay Apartments. In the 2010s, the neighborhood's projects received a $36 million renovation. The neighborhood was renamed from Fay Apartments to Villages at Roll Hill in December 2012 during the renovations.

Demographics
As of the census of 2020, there were 1,918 people living in the neighborhood. There were 744 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 5.8% White, 83.3% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from some other race, and 7.4% from two or more races. 6.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 844 households, out of which 82.5% were families. About 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals.

66.0% of the neighborhood's population were under the age of 18, 32.8% were 18 to 64, and 1.2% were 65 years of age or older. 35.2% of the population were male and 64.8% were female.

According to the U.S. Census American Community Survey, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $11,327. About 80.0% of family households were living below the poverty line. About 1.2% of adults had a bachelor's degree or higher.