City · Tuscarawas County, Ohio

New Philadelphia, Ohio

New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, part of the New Philadelphia-Dover, OH metro area. It has 17,520 residents. New Philadelphia, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,422 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #502 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), drought exposure (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), child poverty rate (high) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,422 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #502 of 684 in OH
Population: 17,520 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 2,142.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3955216

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
Economy19#12,685/15,631
Housing72#4,156/14,977
Health22#12,200/15,609
Healthcare14#13,477/15,650
Environment38#9,592/15,453
Education53#7,297/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,553/15,650
Community43#8,881/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,025/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Philadelphia, 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

Social associations · high15.6 /10k
93/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
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
Average commute time · low19.7 min
86/100Ohio 23.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
82/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTuscarawas County value
Natural hazard risk · low11.3
82/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyTuscarawas County value
Property crime rate · low687 /100k
77/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureTuscarawas County value

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high43.7%
7/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · high28.8%
10/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTuscarawas County value
Flu vaccinations · low33.0%
13/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
Primary care physicians · low34 /100k
15/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high216 min
15/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTuscarawas County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.4% (2015-2019) → 89.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.7% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,603 (2015-2019) → $58,547 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
18.2% (2015-2019) → 24.4% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.7% (2015-2019) → 47.6% (2020-2024)
−2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
17.9% (2015-2019) → 15.9% (2020-2024)
−2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, New Philadelphia, Ohio improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved3

Broadband+14 points75.4% → 89.6%
Bachelor's++6.1 points18.2% → 24.4%
Household income+31%$44,603 → $58,547

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of New Philadelphia, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	19.7 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	75.4%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	77%
Child poverty rate	27.5%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	1.23%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$44,6032015-2019	$58,5472020-2024	+31%	Improved	58%
Poverty rate	17.9%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	47.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	3.7%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%

“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 New Philadelphia, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Philadelphia, 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, New Philadelphia, Ohio itself moved +9.2 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

17,520 residents (±44)

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

8,235 households (±381)

New Philadelphia, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k18%1,474
$25k–50k24%1,986
$50k–75k19%1,541

Homes

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

Owners and renters

8,235 households (±381)

New Philadelphia, Ohio
Ohio share

Own63%5,210
Rent37%3,025

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.1 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

8,434 workers (±477)

New Philadelphia, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone84%7,050
Carpool4.3%†359
Public transit0.0%†1

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 New Philadelphia'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

In FY2026, an estimated $183.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in New Philadelphia, Ohio: $10.47 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $183.5K; +36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10.47; US $1,994
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 28%; 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

Department of the Navy$160.2K87%
Defense Logistics Agency$12.2K6.6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$11.1K6.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

406.5KFY2017
213.7KFY2018
234.8KFY2019
249.2KFY2020
197.4KFY2021
287.8KFY2022
256.9KFY2023
118.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$85.3K47%
Converted paper product manufacturing · 3222$60K33%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$14.6K7.9%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$12.2K6.6%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$11.1K6.0%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$389

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 New Philadelphia, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

New Philadelphia, Ohio's figures are part of those of Tuscarawas County, OH ($3.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: New Philadelphia 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Tuscarawas County42100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New Philadelphia-Dover, OH31

Other cities and towns in Tuscarawas 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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