Village · Putnam County, Ohio

Kalida, Ohio

Kalida is a village in Putnam County, Ohio. It has 1,526 residents. Kalida, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,539 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #64 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), unemployment rate (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), new business applications (low) and comfortable days (low).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #3,539 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #64 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,526 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 907.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3939536

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety89#1,654/15,637
Economy85#2,423/15,631
Housing92#1,144/14,977
Health70#4,652/15,609
Healthcare28#11,319/15,650
Environment12#13,651/15,453
Education90#1,489/15,649
Infrastructure74#4,023/15,650
Community71#4,495/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,593/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low160 /100k
100/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePutnam County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Rent-burdened households · low11.1%
98/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low1.5%
97/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Violent crime rate · low58 /100k
96/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePutnam County value
Injury deaths · low49 /100k
95/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPutnam County value
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
5/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPutnam County value
Comfortable days · low22.9%
7/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPutnam County value
Mental health providers · low61 /100k
8/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value
Dentists · low26 /100k
8/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value
Adult obesity · high42.7%
10/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%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.

PopulationRising
1,395 (2015-2019) → 1,526 (2020-2024)
+9.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
1.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
27.0% (2015-2019) → 11.1% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.9% (2015-2019) → 94.3% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$59,881 (2015-2019) → $87,500 (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
22.5% (2015-2019) → 13.4% (2020-2024)
−9.1 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, Kalida, Ohio improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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

Inequality−0.1540.487 → 0.333
Broadband+12 points81.9% → 94.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Kalida, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	17.7 min2020-2024	−3.5 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%2015-2019	38.0%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	81.9%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	71%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.95%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
High school diploma or higher	94.2%2015-2019	98.2%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4872015-2019	0.3332020-2024	−0.154	Improved	99%
Median household income	$59,8812015-2019	$87,5002020-2024	+46%	Within the margin of error	81%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.5%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%

“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 Kalida, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kalida, 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, Kalida, Ohio itself moved +20.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,526 residents (±298)

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

564 households (±107)

Kalida, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k5.3%†30
$25k–50k13%†74
$50k–75k4.8%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

564 households (±107)

Kalida, Ohio
Ohio share

Own72%407
Rent28%†157

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

887 workers (±255)

Kalida, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone85%757
Carpool3.2%†28
Public transit0.0%0

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 Putnam County, the county holding most of Kalida's residents.

Putnam County has 734 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Ohio's), with 10,624 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,956. The Census Bureau also counts 2,440 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 734; 2,440 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 10,624
Average annual pay: $49,956; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	75	21.9	1.41×More than typical	531	$61,864	225
Restaurants and other eating places	51	14.9	0.81×About typical	855	$11,539	4
Construction of buildings	36	10.5	1.39×More than typical	176	$50,261	86
Ambulatory health care services	35	10.2	0.49×Fewer than typical	323	$48,579	76
Truck transportation	35	10.2	2.02×More than typical	147	$58,245	70
Religious organizations	29	8.5	1.53×More than typical	249	$12,570	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	28	8.2	2.59×More than typical	194	$57,376	39
Limited-service restaurants	24	7	0.87×About typical	474	$11,781	—
Offices of other health practitioners	23	6.7	1.11×About typical	198	$41,460	45
Full-service restaurants	21	6.1	0.80×Fewer than typical	358	$11,363	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	21	6.1	0.91×About typical	126	$51,754	120
Banks and credit unions	20	5.8	1.81×More than typical	197	$59,264	3

Rank places for an industry Open Putnam County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,240 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: Kalida is mostly in Putnam County.

See federal money in Putnam 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.

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

House

Robert E. LattaR-OH-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

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.

Putnam County83100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Putnam 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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