Census-designated place · Lake County, Ohio

North Madison, Ohio

North Madison is a census-designated place in Lake County, Ohio, part of the Cleveland, OH metro area. It has 8,594 residents. North Madison, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,858 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #207 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), natural hazard risk (low) and mental health care shortage (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), depression (high) and high ozone days (high).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #5,858 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #207 of 684 in OH
Population: 8,594 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 2,199.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3956812

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety79#3,245/15,637
Economy35#10,157/15,631
Housing84#2,400/14,977
Health41#9,220/15,609
Healthcare56#6,894/15,650
Environment69#4,761/15,453
Education50#7,763/15,649
Infrastructure48#8,196/15,650
Community51#7,682/15,651
Leisure & amenities62#5,962/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Traffic deaths · low4.7 /100k
96/100Ohio 10.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLake County value
Natural hazard risk · low3.6
95/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyLake County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLake County value
Hot days · low5 days
87/100Ohio 11 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLake County value
Violent crime rate · low96 /100k
87/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureLake County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Ohio 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high38.5%
12/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value
Depression · high28.0%
13/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High ozone days · high6 days
13/100Ohio 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLake County value
Adult smoking · high19.1%
17/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high3,544 /100k
19/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value
Frequent mental distress · high20.2%
20/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%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.

Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.4% (2015-2019) → 17.6% (2020-2024)
+6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.4% (2015-2019) → 43.6% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,507 (2015-2019) → $67,711 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
3.5% (2015-2019) → 8.2% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.0% (2015-2019) → 90.4% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.341 (2015-2019) → 0.405 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, North Madison, Ohio improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++6.2 points11.4% → 17.6%
Household income+24%$54,507 → $67,711
Broadband+4.4 points86.0% → 90.4%

Declined1

Uninsured+4.8 points3.5% → 8.2%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of North Madison, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.4 min2015-2019	29.5 min2020-2024	+3.0 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Improved	76%
Broadband subscriptions	86.0%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	28%
Child poverty rate	14.6%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	1.86%2015-2019	1.47%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3412015-2019	0.4052020-2024	+0.063	Within the margin of error	12%
Median household income	$54,5072015-2019	$67,7112020-2024	+24%	Improved	42%
Poverty rate	10.4%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	25.8%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent-burdened households	38.4%2015-2019	43.6%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.5%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Declined	11%

“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 North Madison, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Madison, 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, North Madison, Ohio itself moved −6.8 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

8,594 residents (±690)

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

3,696 households (±313)

North Madison, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k13%†475
$25k–50k23%†840
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,696 households (±313)

North Madison, Ohio
Ohio share

Own81%3,002
Rent19%694

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,183 workers (±468)

North Madison, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone83%3,451
Carpool6.8%†284
Public transit1.0%†42

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 Cleveland, 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 Lake County, the county holding most of North Madison's residents.

Lake County has 5,504 employer establishments, 238 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Ohio's), with 87,115 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,241. The Census Bureau also counts 18,467 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,504; 18,467 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 238; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 87,115
Average annual pay: $60,241; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	464	20	1.09×About typical	8,736	$19,748	76
Ambulatory health care services	399	17.2	0.83×About typical	5,159	$70,929	730
Specialty trade contractors	374	16.1	1.04×About typical	2,491	$71,345	1,579
Services to buildings and dwellings	237	10.2	1.52×More than typical	903	$53,414	1,145
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	228	9.8	6.16×More than typical	5,411	$61,615	66
Limited-service restaurants	207	8.9	1.11×About typical	3,817	$17,403	41
Full-service restaurants	183	7.9	1.03×About typical	4,171	$22,061	27
Construction of buildings	179	7.7	1.02×About typical	1,205	$80,283	505
Landscaping services	176	7.6	2.17×More than typical	525	$69,996	406
Lessors of real estate	172	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	665	$51,223	2,029
Automotive repair and maintenance	144	6.2	1.23×About typical	827	$47,642	204
Personal care services	136	5.9	1.23×About typical	710	$25,000	825

Rank places for an industry Open Lake County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 231,648 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 $32.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in North Madison, Ohio: $3.78 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $32.5K; −14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3.78; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.0%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$32.5K100%

Top recipients

GL POWER, INC.$29.9K92%
SEQUOIA DEFENSE LLC$2,5968.0%

Spending by fiscal year

552.2FY2019
-22.8FY2020
1.1KFY2021
-31.1FY2022
998.2FY2024
37.6KFY2025
32.5KFY2026

What was bought

Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$27.4K84%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$4,42814%
Ship and boat building · 3366$6872.1%

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

North Madison, Ohio's figures are part of those of Lake County, OH ($48.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: North Madison is mostly in Lake County.

See federal money in Lake 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 Madison, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David P. JoyceR-OH-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 3.3%

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.

Lake County89100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cleveland, OH64

Other cities and towns in Lake 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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends