Village · Stark County, Ohio

Hartville, Ohio

Hartville is a village in Stark County, Ohio, part of the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area. It has 3,377 residents. Hartville, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,841 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #389 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), students per teacher (high) and median Air Quality Index (high).

44Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,841 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #389 of 684 in OH
Population: 3,377 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,250.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3934328

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety30#10,864/15,637
Economy58#6,554/15,631
Housing61#5,829/14,977
Health31#10,707/15,609
Healthcare68#5,067/15,650
Environment37#9,683/15,453
Education70#4,688/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,832/15,650
Community33#10,455/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,917/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Unemployment rate · low0.6%
94/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.5%
94/100Ohio 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Drought exposure · low1%
93/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAStark County value
Natural hazard risk · low4.5
93/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyStark County value
New business applications · high19.9 /1k
89/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauStark County value
Traffic deaths · low7.9 /100k
78/100Ohio 10.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataStark County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high218 min
13/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesStark County value
Students per teacher · high17.7×
17/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsStark County value
Median Air Quality Index · high49
17/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyStark County value
Drug overdose deaths · high24.1 /100k
19/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStark County value
Depression · high26.7%
20/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Violent crime rate · high362 /100k
21/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationStark County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
3,039 (2015-2019) → 3,377 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.1% (2015-2019) → 18.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$45,978 (2015-2019) → $69,648 (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.9% (2015-2019) → 39.2% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
53.8% (2015-2019) → 61.1% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
30.8% (2015-2019) → 37.6% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Hartville, Ohio improved on 1 of 11 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.

Improved1

Household income+51%$45,978 → $69,648

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Hartville, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	25.4 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%2015-2019	39.2%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Broadband subscriptions	83.3%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Effective property tax rate	1.48%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	92.0%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4892015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.055	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$45,9782015-2019	$69,6482020-2024	+51%	Improved	86%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	37.6%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent-burdened households	53.8%2015-2019	61.1%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%

“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 Hartville, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hartville, 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, Hartville, Ohio itself moved +0.7 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

3,377 residents (±16)

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: 20–29 men (−5.7 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

3,377 residents (±16)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

White85%2,880
Black8.0%†271
Hispanic or Latino4.7%†159

Education

2,374 residents (±183)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma5.6%†134
High school or GED28%673
Some college20%†476

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

1,503 households (±151)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k17%†262
$25k–50k21%†313
$50k–75k15%†220
$75k–100k12%†176
$100k–150k13%†199
$150k–200k10%†154
$200k or more12%†179

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+7.8 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

1,503 households (±151)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Own64%965
Rent36%538

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

522 households (±129)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75013%†67
$750–1,00035%†184
$1,000–1,50049%†258

Home values

965 homes (±164)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k21%†198
$150k–250k25%†244
$250k–400k34%†330

Age of homes

1,503 homes (±151)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later12%†177
2000–200911%†164
1980–199922%†329

Size of homes

1,503 homes (±151)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio2.2%†33
1 bedroom1.9%†29
2 bedrooms32%475

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

1,642 workers (±180)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone78%1,273
Carpool7.7%†126
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†38
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†205
Other0.0%0

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

1,437 workers (±193)

Hartville, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min27%†384
15–29 min32%†465
30–44 min27%†391

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 Canton-Massillon, 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 Stark County, the county holding most of Hartville's residents.

Stark County has 8,181 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Ohio's), with 139,706 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,799. The Census Bureau also counts 29,520 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,181; 29,520 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 139,706
Average annual pay: $50,799; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	692	18.6	1.01×About typical	14,553	$19,675	129
Ambulatory health care services	633	17	0.82×About typical	10,294	$68,830	1,392
Specialty trade contractors	516	13.9	0.89×About typical	4,761	$72,507	2,364
Limited-service restaurants	363	9.7	1.22×About typical	6,998	$17,876	61
Services to buildings and dwellings	295	7.9	1.17×About typical	2,475	$37,712	1,811
Religious organizations	292	7.8	1.41×More than typical	2,285	$24,027	—
Lessors of real estate	258	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	886	$53,456	2,946
Full-service restaurants	240	6.4	0.84×About typical	6,281	$22,093	40
Construction of buildings	208	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,460	$76,571	835
Automotive repair and maintenance	199	5.3	1.06×About typical	1,230	$44,991	381
Offices of physicians	196	5.3	0.81×About typical	3,657	$113,275	202
Personal care services	183	4.9	1.03×About typical	821	$29,034	1,567

Rank places for an industry Open Stark County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 372,455 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 Hartville, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

426.4FY2017
1.5KFY2019
1.1KFY2024
0FY2025

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

Hartville, Ohio's figures are part of those of Stark County, OH ($8.4M 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: Hartville is mostly in Stark County.

See federal money in Stark 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.

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