Census-designated place · Mahoning County, Ohio

North Lima, Ohio

North Lima is a census-designated place in Mahoning County, Ohio, part of the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area. It has 1,208 residents. North Lima, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,560 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #369 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), drought exposure (low) and mental health care shortage (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), food environment index (low) and child care cost burden (high).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,560 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #369 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,208 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 176.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3956798

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#12,942/15,637
Economy41#9,217/15,631
Housing—
Health33#10,533/15,609
Healthcare66#5,280/15,650
Environment58#6,502/15,453
Education58#6,628/15,649
Infrastructure59#6,427/15,650
Community41#9,243/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,599/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where North Lima, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Mahoning 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 · low1.3
99/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMahoning County value
Drought exposure · low0%
95/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMahoning County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMahoning County value
Primary care physicians · high104 /100k
85/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Mental health providers · high494 /100k
85/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Social associations · high13.3 /10k
83/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high274 min
0/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMahoning County value
Food environment index · low6.4
7/100Ohio 7.0United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Child care cost burden · high40.4%
8/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Injury deaths · high131 /100k
9/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahoning County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.642
11/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drug overdose deaths · high27.9 /100k
12/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMahoning County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,341 (2016-2020) → 1,208 (2020-2024)
−9.9%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.251 (2016-2020) → 0.642 (2020-2024)
+156%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2016-2020) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+80%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeWorsening
15.7 min (2016-2020) → 23.0 min (2020-2024)
+46%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.5% (2016-2020) → 39.3% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 8.7% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%

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.

There is not enough history to compare North Lima, Ohio over five years.

Cities and towns like North Lima, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Lima, 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.

No place that looked like North Lima, Ohio five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

1,208 residents (±287)

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

† 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

1,208 residents (±287)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

White99%1,197
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†6

Education

883 residents (±217)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma7.0%†62
High school or GED25%†222
Some college20%†181

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

476 households (±118)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k18%†85
$25k–50k12%†55
$50k–75k11%†53
$75k–100k8.8%†42
$100k–150k18%†86
$150k–200k14%†68
$200k or more18%†87

† 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

476 households (±118)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

Own100%476
Rent0.0%0

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Home values

476 homes (±118)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k18%†86
$150k–250k21%†101
$250k–400k18%†87

Age of homes

507 homes (±116)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later14%†70
2000–200922%†112
1980–199922%†114

Size of homes

507 homes (±116)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio3.0%†15
1 bedroom7.1%†36
2 bedrooms12%†63

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

563 workers (±198)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone87%†488
Carpool6.8%†38
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.6%†37
Other0.0%0

† 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

526 workers (±207)

North Lima, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min51%†266
15–29 min23%†121
30–44 min6.8%†36

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 Youngstown-Warren, 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 Mahoning County, the county holding most of North Lima's residents.

Mahoning County has 5,391 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.11× Ohio's), with 83,444 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,665. The Census Bureau also counts 17,919 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,391; 17,919 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 83,444
Average annual pay: $48,665; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	502	22.3	1.07×About typical	6,527	$65,509	1,163
Restaurants and other eating places	450	20	1.09×About typical	9,174	$18,063	98
Specialty trade contractors	312	13.8	0.89×About typical	3,385	$87,107	1,217
Limited-service restaurants	241	10.7	1.33×More than typical	4,294	$16,977	39
Religious organizations	197	8.7	1.57×More than typical	1,473	$23,543	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	168	7.5	1.11×About typical	1,120	$33,148	1,053
Full-service restaurants	166	7.4	0.96×About typical	4,272	$18,859	34
Lessors of real estate	163	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	572	$36,122	1,646
Offices of other health practitioners	150	6.7	1.09×About typical	1,072	$41,768	389
Offices of physicians	144	6.4	0.99×About typical	2,400	$105,567	195
Legal services	116	5.1	0.96×About typical	479	$57,286	146
Insurance agencies and brokerages	109	4.8	1.10×About typical	610	$57,541	337

Rank places for an industry Open Mahoning County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 225,487 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 $794 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in North Lima, Ohio: $0.66 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $794; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.66; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$794100%

Top recipients

DYNAMIC AVIATION GROUP, INC.$794100%

Spending by fiscal year

16.2KFY2017
40.3KFY2018
124.1FY2019
8.2KFY2022
7.6KFY2023
2.5KFY2024
290.6KFY2025
794.3FY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$794100%

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 North Lima, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

North Lima, Ohio's figures are part of those of Mahoning County, OH ($9.4M 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: North Lima is mostly in Mahoning County.

See federal money in Mahoning 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.

North Lima, 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.

Mahoning County44100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Youngstown-Warren, OH36

Other cities and towns in Mahoning 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/3956798

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like North Lima, Ohio five years ago that improved