City · Coshocton County, Ohio

Coshocton, Ohio

Coshocton is a city in Coshocton County, Ohio, part of the Coshocton, OH metro area. It has 11,068 residents. Coshocton, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,785 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #591 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), average commute time (low) and math scores (high). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), mental health care shortage (high) and child poverty rate (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,785 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #591 of 684 in OH
Population: 11,068 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 1,382.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3918868

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety60#6,218/15,637
Economy5#14,773/15,631
Housing62#5,729/14,977
Health14#13,421/15,609
Healthcare20#12,496/15,650
Environment45#8,468/15,453
Education63#5,722/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,245/15,650
Community16#13,080/15,651
Leisure & amenities23#11,994/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Coshocton, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Coshocton 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

Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACoshocton County value
Average commute time · low17.9 min
90/100Ohio 23.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Math scores · high3.33
85/100Ohio 2.98United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoshocton County value
Reading scores · high3.27
85/100Ohio 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoshocton County value
Social associations · high12.8 /10k
81/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoshocton County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Ohio 3.6United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCoshocton County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high29.8 /100k
3/100Ohio 15.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCoshocton County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCoshocton County value
Child poverty rate · high38.3%
5/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Restaurants and bars · low4.0 /10k
5/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCoshocton County value
Poverty rate · high25.9%
6/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Depression · high29.5%
7/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
21.1% (2015-2019) → 38.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.4% (2015-2019) → 50.4% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateWorsening
15.2% (2015-2019) → 25.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Coshocton, Ohio improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved2

Broadband+11 points77.8% → 88.5%
Household income+14%$42,767 → $48,731

Declined4

Poverty+11 points15.2% → 25.9%
Child poverty+17 points21.1% → 38.3%
Rent / income+5.5 points24.7% → 30.2%
Price / income+0.9×1.9× → 2.9×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Coshocton, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	17.9 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%2015-2019	20.0%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Broadband subscriptions	77.8%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	21.1%2015-2019	38.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Declined	6%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4422020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	66%
Median household income	$42,7672015-2019	$48,7312020-2024	+14%	Improved	22%
Poverty rate	15.2%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	4%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Declined	20%
Rent-burdened households	39.4%2015-2019	50.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.8%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%

“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 Coshocton, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Coshocton, 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, Coshocton, Ohio itself moved −7.4 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

11,068 residents (±32)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

4,933 households (±247)

Coshocton, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k28%1,378
$25k–50k23%1,154
$50k–75k14%688

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,933 households (±247)

Coshocton, Ohio
Ohio share

Own57%2,828
Rent43%2,105

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,797 workers (±404)

Coshocton, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone75%3,583
Carpool7.3%†348
Public transit0.6%†28

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 Coshocton, 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 Coshocton County, the county holding most of Coshocton's residents.

Coshocton County has 618 employer establishments, 168 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Ohio's), with 7,985 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,579. The Census Bureau also counts 2,780 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 618; 2,780 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 168; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 7,985
Average annual pay: $47,579; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	44	11.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	363	$55,300	84
Restaurants and other eating places	40	10.9	0.59×Fewer than typical	523	$15,631	18
Religious organizations	34	9.2	1.66×More than typical	212	$20,561	—
Specialty trade contractors	33	9	0.58×Fewer than typical	236	$69,742	330
Limited-service restaurants	25	6.8	0.85×About typical	338	$14,923	3
Construction of buildings	19	5.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	104	$46,567	117
Automotive repair and maintenance	17	4.6	0.92×About typical	100	$39,930	61
Offices of other health practitioners	16	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	64	$33,969	28
Truck transportation	16	4.3	0.86×About typical	125	$49,592	121
Services to buildings and dwellings	15	4.1	0.60×Fewer than typical	61	$52,410	141
Individual and family services	14	3.8	1.36×More than typical	140	$32,257	22
Lessors of real estate	14	3.8	0.31×Fewer than typical	46	$14,087	215

Rank places for an industry Open Coshocton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,845 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 $9,183 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Coshocton, Ohio: $0.83 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9,183; −69% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.83; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$9,183100%

Top recipients

BRANNON CONTRACTING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES, LLC$8,90097%
S365 INC$2833.1%

Spending by fiscal year

8.8KFY2017
18.4KFY2018
27.6KFY2019
31.5KFY2020
10.6KFY2021
3.1KFY2022
5.8KFY2023
10.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing · 3279$6,29969%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,60128%
Traveler accommodation · 7211$2833.1%

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 Coshocton, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Coshocton, Ohio's figures are part of those of Coshocton County, OH ($2.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Coshocton 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.

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

House

Troy BaldersonR-OH-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Coshocton County26100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Coshocton, OH11

Other cities and towns in Coshocton 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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