Census-designated place · Carroll County, Ohio

Lake Mohawk, Ohio

Lake Mohawk is a census-designated place in Carroll County, Ohio, part of the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area. It has 1,409 residents. Lake Mohawk, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,426 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #503 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), violent crime rate (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and mental health providers (low).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,426 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #503 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,409 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 384.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3941443

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety87#1,986/15,637
Economy44#8,810/15,631
Housing—
Health22#12,144/15,609
Healthcare15#13,233/15,650
Environment45#8,473/15,453
Education87#2,038/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,476/15,650
Community32#10,677/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,678/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lake Mohawk, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carroll 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 · low205 /100k
99/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCarroll County value
Violent crime rate · low41 /100k
98/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCarroll County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
98/100Ohio 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Poverty rate · low1.3%
98/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarroll County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.325
91/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low36.1%
4/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
Mental health providers · low49 /100k
6/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
7/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
Distance to an emergency room · high14.1 mi
8/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCarroll County value
Unemployment rate · high10.4%
9/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,872 (2015-2019) → 1,409 (2020-2024)
−25%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 4.5× (2020-2024)
+112%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 45.1% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
95.8% (2015-2019) → 82.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateWorsening
4.6% (2015-2019) → 10.4% (2020-2024)
+5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
5.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5 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, Lake Mohawk, Ohio improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 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

Property tax−0.6 points1.33% → 0.75%
Inequality−0.1000.425 → 0.325

Declined2

Broadband−14 points95.8% → 82.2%
Price / income+2.4×2.1× → 4.5×

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Lake Mohawk, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	40.1 min2015-2019	31.4 min2020-2024	−8.6 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%2015-2019	45.1%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Broadband subscriptions	95.8%2015-2019	82.2%2020-2024	−14 points	Declined	0%
Effective property tax rate	1.33%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	94%
High school diploma or higher	100.0%2015-2019	99.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+2.4×	Declined	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4252015-2019	0.3252020-2024	−0.100	Improved	96%
Median household income	$81,2502015-2019	$75,4962020-2024	−7.1%	Within the margin of error	4%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Lake Mohawk, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lake Mohawk, 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, Lake Mohawk, Ohio itself moved −7.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,409 residents (±368)

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

675 households (±159)

Lake Mohawk, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k4.3%†29
$25k–50k14%†97
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

675 households (±159)

Lake Mohawk, Ohio
Ohio share

Own99%667
Rent1.2%†8

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

483 workers (±180)

Lake Mohawk, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone83%†401
Carpool0.0%0
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 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 Carroll County, the county holding most of Lake Mohawk's residents.

Carroll County has 464 employer establishments, 173 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Ohio's), with 5,301 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,257. The Census Bureau also counts 2,159 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 464; 2,159 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 173; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 5,301
Average annual pay: $45,257; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	40	14.9	0.96×About typical	225	$57,622	362
Restaurants and other eating places	32	11.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	381	$16,491	11
Religious organizations	24	9	1.61×More than typical	133	$18,992	—
Ambulatory health care services	23	8.6	0.41×Fewer than typical	394	$46,079	46
Truck transportation	20	7.5	1.48×More than typical	243	$77,041	74
Construction of buildings	19	7.1	0.94×About typical	93	$52,000	154
Limited-service restaurants	16	6	0.74×Fewer than typical	234	$15,000	5
Other specialty trade contractors	14	5.2	2.08×More than typical	102	$74,010	111
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	4.8	0.96×About typical	42	$44,071	64
Full-service restaurants	13	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	140	$18,914	5
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	12	4.5	1.68×More than typical	65	$29,031	12
Building equipment contractors	12	4.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	80	$45,925	29

Rank places for an industry Open Carroll County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,811 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 Lake Mohawk, 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

0FY2019

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 Lake Mohawk, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Lake Mohawk, Ohio's figures are part of those of Carroll County, OH ($190.7K 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: Lake Mohawk is mostly in Carroll County.

See federal money in Carroll 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.

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

House

Michael A. RulliR-OH-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 5.3%

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.

Carroll County34100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Canton-Massillon, OH51

Other cities and towns in Carroll 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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