Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#12,942/15,637
Economy60#6,186/15,631
Housing93#1,076/14,977
Health44#8,713/15,609
Healthcare70#4,682/15,650
Environment58#6,502/15,453
Education63#5,750/15,649
Infrastructure79#3,311/15,650
Community44#8,741/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,599/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Canfield, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Mahoning County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low1.3
99/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMahoning County value
Drought exposure · low0%
95/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMahoning County value
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.1%
93/100Ohio 8.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low7.9%
92/100Ohio 14.7%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent-burdened households · low28.9%
92/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMahoning County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high274 min
0/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMahoning County value
Food environment index · low6.4
7/100Ohio 7.0United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Child care cost burden · high40.4%
8/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Injury deaths · high131 /100k
9/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Drug overdose deaths · high27.9 /100k
12/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMahoning County value
Preventable hospital stays · high3,786 /100k
12/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
7,277 (2015-2019) → 7,649 (2020-2024)
+5.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.1% (2015-2019) → 28.9% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.8% (2015-2019) → 27.0% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 2.6× (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.470 (2015-2019) → 0.378 (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Median household incomeImproving
$81,637 (2015-2019) → $97,439 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Canfield, Ohio improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Canfield, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.2 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	−4.8 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%2015-2019	45.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	91.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	1.59%2015-2019	1.27%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	76%
High school diploma or higher	97.5%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.3782020-2024	−0.092	Within the margin of error	94%
Median household income	$81,6372015-2019	$97,4392020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	5.9%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent as share of income	33.8%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	57.1%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	−28 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Unemployment rate	2.9%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Canfield, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Canfield, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Canfield, Ohio itself moved +14.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,649 residents (±26)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 80 and over women (+5.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

7,649 residents (±26)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

White89%6,790
Black1.9%†145
Hispanic or Latino4.1%†310

Education

5,876 residents (±262)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma4.3%†251
High school or GED21%1,240
Some college22%1,299

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,267 households (±265)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k8.8%†288
$25k–50k14%†467
$50k–75k16%†537
$75k–100k12%†393
$100k–150k24%792
$150k–200k13%†418
$200k or more11%372

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,267 households (±265)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Own85%2,769
Rent15%498

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

492 households (±147)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75046%†227
$750–1,00023%†112
$1,000–1,50025%†123

Home values

2,769 homes (±258)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k8.7%†241
$150k–250k40%1,119
$250k–400k38%1,054

Age of homes

3,559 homes (±288)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later3.1%†110
2000–20099.1%†323
1980–199936%1,286

Size of homes

3,559 homes (±288)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.2%†185
2 bedrooms23%†805

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,403 workers (±323)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone77%2,606
Carpool3.2%†110
Public transit0.1%†3
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home19%†648
Other1.1%†36

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−14.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,755 workers (±307)

Canfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min28%†783
15–29 min46%1,270
30–44 min16%†429

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Youngstown-Warren, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Mahoning County, the county holding most of Canfield's residents.

Mahoning County has 5,391 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.11× Ohio's), with 83,444 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,665. The Census Bureau also counts 17,919 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,391; 17,919 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 83,444
Average annual pay: $48,665; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mahoning County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	502	22.3	1.07×About typical	6,527	$65,509	1,163
Restaurants and other eating places	450	20	1.09×About typical	9,174	$18,063	98
Specialty trade contractors	312	13.8	0.89×About typical	3,385	$87,107	1,217
Limited-service restaurants	241	10.7	1.33×More than typical	4,294	$16,977	39
Religious organizations	197	8.7	1.57×More than typical	1,473	$23,543	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	168	7.5	1.11×About typical	1,120	$33,148	1,053
Full-service restaurants	166	7.4	0.96×About typical	4,272	$18,859	34
Lessors of real estate	163	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	572	$36,122	1,646
Offices of other health practitioners	150	6.7	1.09×About typical	1,072	$41,768	389
Offices of physicians	144	6.4	0.99×About typical	2,400	$105,567	195
Legal services	116	5.1	0.96×About typical	479	$57,286	146
Insurance agencies and brokerages	109	4.8	1.10×About typical	610	$57,541	337

Rank places for an industry Open Mahoning County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 225,487 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Canfield, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

20.9KFY2017
13.9KFY2018
1.9KFY2019
27.4KFY2020
490.7FY2021
2.6KFY2022
1KFY2024
9.3KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Canfield, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Canfield, Ohio's figures are part of those of Mahoning County, OH ($9.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Canfield is mostly in Mahoning County.

See federal money in Mahoning County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Canfield, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael A. RulliR-OH-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 5.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Mahoning County44100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Youngstown-Warren, OH36

Other cities and towns in Mahoning County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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