Village · Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Dennison, Ohio

Dennison is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, part of the New Philadelphia-Dover, OH metro area. It has 2,449 residents. Dennison, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 29 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,114 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #549 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), social associations (high) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), unemployment rate (high) and child poverty rate (high).

29Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,114 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #549 of 684 in OH
Population: 2,449 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,806.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3921714

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#6,252/15,637
Economy8#14,414/15,631
Housing95#756/14,977
Health15#13,287/15,609
Healthcare17#12,914/15,650
Environment38#9,592/15,453
Education33#10,418/15,649
Infrastructure33#10,508/15,650
Community42#9,149/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,025/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.326
97/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Social associations · high15.6 /10k
93/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
92/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low36.7%
91/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAATuscarawas County value
Rent as share of income · low24.6%
87/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high45.5%
4/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Unemployment rate · high13.2%
4/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Child poverty rate · high36.1%
8/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Frequent mental distress · high21.4%
9/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · low12.0%
10/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Adult smoking · high20.5%
11/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,662 (2015-2019) → 2,449 (2020-2024)
−8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
1.2 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.8% (2015-2019) → 91.2% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateWorsening
6.9% (2015-2019) → 13.2% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
17.3% (2015-2019) → 22.9% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
42.3% (2015-2019) → 36.7% (2020-2024)
−5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Dennison, Ohio improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 14 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Dennison, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.6 min2015-2019	26.0 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Broadband subscriptions	84.8%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Child poverty rate	30.6%2015-2019	36.1%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	87%
High school diploma or higher	90.5%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3772015-2019	0.3262020-2024	−0.052	Within the margin of error	84%
Median household income	$44,7502015-2019	$51,9922020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	17.3%2015-2019	22.9%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.3%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	42.3%2015-2019	36.7%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	75%

“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 Dennison, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dennison, 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, Dennison, Ohio itself moved +0.2 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

2,449 residents (±399)

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: 30–39 women (−6.8 points).

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

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

Race and Hispanic origin

2,449 residents (±399)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

White93%2,273
Black3.1%†77
Hispanic or Latino0.9%†22

Education

1,349 residents (±184)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma11%†143
High school or GED58%778
Some college14%†185

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

975 households (±123)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k15%†146
$25k–50k32%316
$50k–75k25%†241
$75k–100k16%†152
$100k–150k10%†101
$150k–200k1.1%†11
$200k or more0.8%†8

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−10.9 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

975 households (±123)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Own54%529
Rent46%446

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

411 households (±115)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75030%†122
$750–1,00046%†188
$1,000–1,50025%†101

Home values

529 homes (±114)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k73%385
$150k–250k18%†94
$250k–400k8.9%†47

Age of homes

1,071 homes (±125)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later0.5%†5
2000–20093.1%†33
1980–199910%†112

Size of homes

1,071 homes (±125)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.3%†46
2 bedrooms38%406

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

1,089 workers (±192)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone87%943
Carpool4.6%†50
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.0%†22
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.2%†67
Other0.6%†7

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

† 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

1,022 workers (±175)

Dennison, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min31%317
15–29 min37%378
30–44 min14%†140

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 New Philadelphia-Dover, 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 Tuscarawas County, the county holding most of Dennison's residents.

Tuscarawas County has 2,098 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Ohio's), with 31,958 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,354. The Census Bureau also counts 7,066 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,098; 7,066 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 31,958
Average annual pay: $49,354; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	172	18.7	1.02×About typical	2,804	$19,178	27
Specialty trade contractors	152	16.5	1.07×About typical	923	$61,364	677
Ambulatory health care services	120	13	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,327	$47,237	189
Religious organizations	117	12.7	2.29×More than typical	577	$22,854	—
Full-service restaurants	75	8.2	1.06×About typical	1,351	$20,803	13
Limited-service restaurants	75	8.2	1.02×About typical	1,162	$18,190	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	68	7.4	1.47×More than typical	330	$40,818	134
Lessors of real estate	58	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	234	$40,081	770
Truck transportation	55	6	1.18×About typical	431	$63,441	212
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	5.9	0.87×About typical	228	$40,886	375
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	49	5.3	1.69×More than typical	249	$66,141	164
Building equipment contractors	48	5.2	0.87×About typical	408	$62,708	97

Rank places for an industry Open Tuscarawas County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 91,996 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Tuscarawas 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.

Dennison, Ohio is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).