City · Ashtabula County, Ohio

Geneva, Ohio

Geneva is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, part of the Cleveland, OH metro area. It has 5,886 residents. Geneva, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 27 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,406 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #575 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), hot days (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), adult obesity (high) and depression (high).

27Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,406 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #575 of 684 in OH
Population: 5,886 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,471.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3929610

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety53#7,293/15,637
Economy21#12,380/15,631
Housing82#2,626/14,977
Health5#14,838/15,609
Healthcare25#11,775/15,650
Environment69#4,775/15,453
Education22#12,204/15,649
Infrastructure30#10,973/15,650
Community20#12,580/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,512/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Geneva, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ashtabula 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 · low2.5
97/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAshtabula County value
Hot days · low3 days
92/100Ohio 11 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAshtabula County value
Property crime rate · low467 /100k
91/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAshtabula County value
Drought exposure · low5%
86/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAshtabula County value
Rent-burdened households · low44.0%
82/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low27.1%
79/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high5,119 /100k
2/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshtabula County value
Adult obesity · high45.0%
5/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high29.3%
7/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high21.1%
11/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · low$954
11/100Ohio $1,313United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAshtabula County value
Primary care physicians · low29 /100k
11/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshtabula County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.9% (2015-2019) → 91.5% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,000 (2015-2019) → $53,557 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.4% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
9.1% (2015-2019) → 2.9% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
8.3% (2015-2019) → 3.6% (2020-2024)
−4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Geneva, Ohio improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Household income+49%$36,000 → $53,557
Broadband+13 points78.9% → 91.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Geneva, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.9 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	+2.7 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Broadband subscriptions	78.9%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	1.45%2015-2019	1.25%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
High school diploma or higher	87.6%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4982015-2019	0.4242020-2024	−0.074	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$36,0002015-2019	$53,5572020-2024	+49%	Improved	83%
Poverty rate	18.9%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	50.4%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	−6.4 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 Geneva, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Geneva, 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, Geneva, Ohio itself moved +12.2 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

5,886 residents (±30)

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

2,656 households (±205)

Geneva, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k18%†476
$25k–50k27%723
$50k–75k21%†548

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,656 households (±205)

Geneva, Ohio
Ohio share

Own70%1,847
Rent30%809

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+18.6 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,758 workers (±300)

Geneva, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone91%2,511
Carpool6.0%†166
Public transit0.0%0

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 Cleveland, 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 Ashtabula County, the county holding most of Geneva's residents.

Ashtabula County has 1,843 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Ohio's), with 24,616 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,514. The Census Bureau also counts 6,957 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,843; 6,957 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 24,616
Average annual pay: $44,514; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	184	19	1.03×About typical	2,421	$18,524	39
Specialty trade contractors	122	12.6	0.81×About typical	614	$58,454	1,099
Ambulatory health care services	118	12.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	1,214	$62,011	221
Limited-service restaurants	90	9.3	1.16×About typical	1,329	$17,781	19
Religious organizations	72	7.4	1.34×More than typical	295	$17,746	—
Full-service restaurants	70	7.2	0.94×About typical	943	$20,341	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	54	5.6	1.11×About typical	225	$36,391	113
Lessors of real estate	53	5.5	0.44×Fewer than typical	110	$39,218	536
Services to buildings and dwellings	47	4.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	294	$29,044	478
Truck transportation	47	4.9	0.96×About typical	203	$58,369	151
Building equipment contractors	43	4.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	253	$53,431	109
Construction of buildings	40	4.1	0.55×Fewer than typical	167	$54,138	505

Rank places for an industry Open Ashtabula County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 96,845 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 $25.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Geneva, Ohio: $4.26 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $25.1K; −21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.26; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; 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

HDT EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS INC$19.2K76%
ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$4,31317%
APEX EVENT SOLUTIONS LLC$1,5826.3%

Spending by fiscal year

329.9KFY2017
2.3MFY2018
2.8MFY2019
4.3MFY2020
8.1MFY2021
6.5MFY2022
8MFY2023
149KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$19.2K76%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$4,31317%
Other support services · 5619$1,5826.3%

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

Geneva, Ohio's figures are part of those of Ashtabula County, OH ($6.1M 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: Geneva is mostly in Ashtabula County.

See federal money in Ashtabula 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.

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

House

David P. JoyceR-OH-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 3.3%

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.

Ashtabula County29100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cleveland, OH64

Other cities and towns in Ashtabula 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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