Scores by category

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

Safety89#1,654/15,637
Economy71#4,610/15,631
Housing79#3,076/14,977
Health64#5,558/15,609
Healthcare36#10,076/15,650
Environment12#13,651/15,453
Education80#3,204/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,434/15,650
Community70#4,666/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,593/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pandora, 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
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
Voter turnout · high78.9%
94/100Ohio 65.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPutnam County value
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPutnam County value
Poverty rate · low2.9%
92/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty

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
Adult obesity · high43.8%
7/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
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

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,139 (2015-2019) → 1,603 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
2.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 2.3× (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
6.2% (2015-2019) → 1.2% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.1% (2015-2019) → 40.4% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
1.3% (2015-2019) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
+2.6 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, Pandora, Ohio improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Pandora, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	23.9 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	95.3%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3742015-2019	0.3562020-2024	−0.018	Within the margin of error	66%
Median household income	$61,0002015-2019	$64,9422020-2024	+6.5%	Within the margin of error	13%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%

“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 Pandora, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pandora, 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, Pandora, Ohio itself moved −8.6 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

1,603 residents (±259)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+3.6 points).

† 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

1,603 residents (±259)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

White85%1,358
Black2.4%†38
Hispanic or Latino11%†175

Education

1,046 residents (±170)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma2.9%†30
High school or GED36%372
Some college24%†247

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

630 households (±118)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k2.5%†16
$25k–50k27%†173
$50k–75k30%†191
$75k–100k9.5%†60
$100k–150k20%†128
$150k–200k5.1%†32
$200k or more4.8%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+11.3 points).

† 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

630 households (±118)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Own75%472
Rent25%†158

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.

Table view

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

Rent paid

151 households (±96)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75034%†51
$750–1,00017%†26
$1,000–1,50049%†74

Home values

472 homes (±77)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k51%†243
$150k–250k25%†117
$250k–400k18%†84

Age of homes

636 homes (±119)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later3.1%†20
2000–20093.0%†19
1980–199913%85

Size of homes

636 homes (±119)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.8%†5
1 bedroom1.4%†9
2 bedrooms31%†194

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

814 workers (±148)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone79%645
Carpool7.9%†64
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.3%†35
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.6%†70
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−14.0 points).

† 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

744 workers (±141)

Pandora, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min27%201
15–29 min42%†314
30–44 min19%†145

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Pandora'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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pandora, 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

1.1KFY2017
0FY2018
1.8KFY2019
2.1KFY2020
0FY2022

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

Pandora, Ohio's figures are part of those of Putnam County, OH ($29.3K 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: Pandora 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.

Pandora, 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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