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Piqua, Ohio

Piqua is a city in Miami County, Ohio, part of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area. It has 20,646 residents. Piqua, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 54 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,131 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #280 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on hospital quality rating (high), home price to income ratio (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), comfortable days (low) and depression (high).

54Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,131 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #280 of 684 in OH
Population: 20,646 (2020-2024)
Land area: 13 mi²
Density: 1,569.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3962848

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.

Safety67#5,121/15,637
Economy40#9,335/15,631
Housing77#3,498/14,977
Health37#9,785/15,609
Healthcare49#7,996/15,650
Environment32#10,535/15,453
Education50#7,774/15,649
Infrastructure79#3,292/15,650
Community68#5,020/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,491/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100Ohio 3.6United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMiami County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low19.1 min
89/100Ohio 23.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · low4%
87/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMiami County value
Distance to an airport · low11 mi
87/100Ohio 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMiami County value
Child care cost burden · low22.7%
85/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiami County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
7/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMiami County value
Comfortable days · low23.0%
8/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMiami County value
Depression · high28.2%
12/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high19.4%
15/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high20.5%
16/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · low15.0%
17/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 93.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.6% (2015-2019) → 53.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,061 (2015-2019) → $67,796 (2020-2024)
+57%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.7% (2015-2019) → 31.6% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
16.0% (2015-2019) → 20.1% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
13.7% (2015-2019) → 17.6% (2020-2024)
+3.9 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, Piqua, Ohio improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved2

Household income+57%$43,061 → $67,796
Broadband+15 points78.0% → 93.3%

Declined1

Rent / income+5.9 points25.7% → 31.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Piqua, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.6 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	78.0%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Child poverty rate	16.0%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	1.38%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	70%
High school diploma or higher	88.4%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4132015-2019	0.3882020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$43,0612015-2019	$67,7962020-2024	+57%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent as share of income	25.7%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Declined	19%
Rent-burdened households	41.6%2015-2019	53.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2015-2019	3.7%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%

“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 Piqua, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Piqua, 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, Piqua, Ohio itself moved −1.7 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

20,646 residents (±20)

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

8,878 households (±361)

Piqua, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k21%1,900
$25k–50k18%1,629
$50k–75k19%1,702

Homes

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

Owners and renters

8,878 households (±361)

Piqua, Ohio
Ohio share

Own65%5,804
Rent35%3,074

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

10,076 workers (±642)

Piqua, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone79%7,997
Carpool9.5%†953
Public transit0.0%0

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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, 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 Miami County, the county holding most of Piqua's residents.

Miami County has 2,176 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Ohio's), with 37,513 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,304. The Census Bureau also counts 8,071 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,176; 8,071 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 37,513
Average annual pay: $50,304; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	167	15.1	0.82×About typical	3,672	$18,882	37
Specialty trade contractors	163	14.7	0.95×About typical	1,456	$64,921	589
Ambulatory health care services	153	13.8	0.66×Fewer than typical	1,836	$71,603	316
Limited-service restaurants	89	8	1.00×About typical	1,964	$18,118	13
Services to buildings and dwellings	83	7.5	1.11×About typical	774	$33,850	464
Religious organizations	82	7.4	1.33×More than typical	538	$22,599	—
Lessors of real estate	80	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	181	$39,475	867
Building equipment contractors	71	6.4	1.06×About typical	713	$61,588	100
Construction of buildings	61	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	381	$52,021	230
Automotive repair and maintenance	59	5.3	1.06×About typical	382	$45,555	104
Full-service restaurants	55	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,467	$20,274	17
Offices of physicians	49	4.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	746	$95,328	30

Rank places for an industry Open Miami County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 110,925 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 $2.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Piqua, Ohio: $132 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.7M; +204% vs FY2025
Per resident: $132; US $1,994
Sole-source: 89%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; 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$1.7M63%
Defense Logistics Agency$1M37%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

220.9KFY2017
243.7KFY2018
221.3KFY2019
149.8KFY2020
787.8KFY2021
3.1MFY2022
442.2KFY2023
526.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$2.4M89%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$258.3K9.5%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$45.3K1.7%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$1,7930.1%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$1,4230.1%

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

Piqua, Ohio's figures are part of those of Miami County, OH ($73.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in Miami 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.

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

House

Senate

County

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

Miami County77100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH58

Other cities and towns in Miami 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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