Scores by category

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

Safety56#6,934/15,637
Economy6#14,656/15,631
Housing83#2,517/14,977
Health1#15,391/15,609
Healthcare42#9,081/15,650
Environment59#6,316/15,453
Education13#13,576/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,545/15,650
Community10#14,081/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,595/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Mental health providers · high1,541 /100k
100/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPike County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low92 min
98/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPike County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPike County value
Rent-burdened households · low36.9%
88/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPike County value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high16,317 /100k
2/100Ohio 9,422 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Life expectancy · low69.8 yrs
2/100Ohio 75.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Frequent mental distress · high23.1%
2/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · high40.7 /100k
3/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPike County value
Depression · high31.4%
3/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high149 /100k
3/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
2.2 /1k (2021) → 3.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+56%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.9% (2015-2019) → 82.3% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.6% (2015-2019) → 27.6% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.2% (2015-2019) → 15.2% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Piketon, Ohio improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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 13 measures

Change of every measure of Piketon, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	77.9%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Child poverty rate	39.0%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	0.94%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	15%
High school diploma or higher	78.4%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	42%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4862020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$38,2412015-2019	$41,3132020-2024	+8%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	29.4%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.6%2015-2019	27.6%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	38.1%2015-2019	36.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%

“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 Piketon, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Piketon, 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, Piketon, Ohio itself moved −3.1 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

2,291 residents (±386)

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: 40–49 women (−5.1 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

2,291 residents (±386)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

White93%2,130
Black3.9%†90
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,471 residents (±259)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma15%†227
High school or GED50%740
Some college12%†170

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

846 households (±171)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k34%†287
$25k–50k24%†207
$50k–75k14%†119
$75k–100k3.9%†33
$100k–150k15%†124
$150k–200k7.0%†59
$200k or more2.0%†17

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 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

846 households (±171)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Own43%†366
Rent57%†480

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

459 households (±170)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75039%†180
$750–1,00042%†195
$1,000–1,50018%†84

Home values

366 homes (±120)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k50%†184
$150k–250k39%†144
$250k–400k9.0%†33

Age of homes

931 homes (±184)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later7.9%†74
2000–200917%†154
1980–199925%†234

Size of homes

931 homes (±184)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio2.8%†26
1 bedroom9.0%†84
2 bedrooms28%†258

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

755 workers (±218)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone99.6%752
Carpool0.4%†3
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

755 workers (±218)

Piketon, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min54%†404
15–29 min20%†150
30–44 min18%†134

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 Pike County, the county holding most of Piketon's residents.

Pike County has 423 employer establishments, 157 for every 10,000 residents (0.63× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Ohio's), with 7,384 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,970. The Census Bureau also counts 1,605 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 423; 1,605 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 157; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 7,384
Average annual pay: $55,970; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	38	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	688	$17,176	7
Ambulatory health care services	30	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	491	$52,473	106
Specialty trade contractors	22	8.2	0.53×Fewer than typical	205	$66,566	163
Truck transportation	21	7.8	1.54×More than typical	138	$51,348	70
Limited-service restaurants	18	6.7	0.83×About typical	402	$16,766	—
Religious organizations	18	6.7	1.20×About typical	54	$19,019	—
Construction of buildings	14	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	259	$64,873	95
Gasoline stations	13	4.8	1.49×More than typical	109	$19,321	—
Full-service restaurants	12	4.5	0.58×Fewer than typical	229	$18,192	—
Individual and family services	12	4.5	1.59×More than typical	283	$39,230	12
Banks and credit unions	11	4.1	1.26×More than typical	162	$63,062	—
General merchandise stores	11	4.1	2.31×More than typical	339	$28,404	16

Rank places for an industry Open Pike County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,934 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 $9.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Piketon, Ohio: $4,252 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.7M; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,252; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.0%; 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

Department of Energy$9.7M99.8%
Federal Acquisition Service$14.9K0.2%

Top recipients

SOUTHERN OHIO CLEANUP COMPANY LLC$9.4M96%
AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING, LLC$394K4.0%
OHIO VALLEY ELECTRIC CORPORATION$190.5K2.0%
SAGE ENERGY TRADING LLC$25.6K0.3%
FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LLC.$11.9K0.1%

Spending by fiscal year

10.1MFY2017
12.2MFY2018
13.8MFY2019
14.6MFY2020
15.7MFY2021
15.5MFY2022
16.5MFY2023
18.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$9.3M96%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$584.5K6.0%
Natural gas distribution · 2212$27.4K0.3%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$11.9K0.1%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$1,3080.0%
Converted paper product manufacturing · 3222$9170.0%

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

Piketon, Ohio's figures are part of those of Pike County, OH ($393M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Pike 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.

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

House

David J. TaylorR-OH-2 · 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.

Pike County21100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Pike 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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