Pressure washing in Kelleys Island.

From its identity as a small Lake Erie island village in Erie County, with a tiny year-round population that swells with summer visitors, Kelleys Island is exactly the sort of community where regular exterior care pays off. Across roughly 1,009 housing units, 84% of Kelleys Island’s homes are detached single-family houses — each one with siding, soffits, gutters, a driveway, and often a deck or patio that collects the dirt, algae, and mildew our climate produces. With a median resident age around 69, many Kelleys Island households are at the stage of life where protecting and maintaining a home is a priority, and a yearly wash is one of the simplest ways to do it. The numbers above explain why exterior cleaning is such a steady need across Kelleys Island: a large, aging, detached-home stock exposed to Ohio’s full range of weather.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS 2024 5-year).