Scores by category

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

Safety11#13,839/15,637
Economy38#9,650/15,631
Housing58#6,315/14,977
Health39#9,476/15,609
Healthcare78#3,453/15,650
Environment6#14,458/15,453
Education42#9,004/15,649
Infrastructure43#8,929/15,650
Community57#6,658/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#2,923/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Access to exercise opportunities · high98.0%
92/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Drought exposure · low2%
91/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAHamilton County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
91/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHamilton County value
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
90/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Mental health providers · high523 /100k
89/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Primary care physicians · high112 /100k
89/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.4%
1/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHamilton County value
Child care cost burden · high41.2%
6/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHamilton County value
Broadband subscriptions · low81.3%
7/100Ohio 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Property crime rate · high2,303 /100k
7/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHamilton County value
Median Air Quality Index · high54
7/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHamilton County value
Homicide rate · high10.0 /100k
9/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHamilton County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
37.4% (2015-2019) → 16.2% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.6% (2015-2019) → 63.7% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
31.7% (2015-2019) → 24.8% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
17.0% (2015-2019) → 12.0% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Springdale, Ohio improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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.

Improved1

Child poverty−21 points37.4% → 16.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Springdale, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Broadband subscriptions	80.0%2015-2019	81.3%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Child poverty rate	37.4%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	1.51%2015-2019	1.39%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
High school diploma or higher	88.4%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4112020-2024	−0.061	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$56,7892015-2019	$67,9032020-2024	+20%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	17.0%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	36.8%2015-2019	34.9%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent-burdened households	55.6%2015-2019	63.7%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2015-2019	7.8%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“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 Springdale, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Springdale, 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, Springdale, Ohio itself moved −3.6 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

11,033 residents (±24)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

11,033 residents (±24)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

White42%4,607
Black37%4,084
Hispanic or Latino10%†1,139
Asian5.5%†610
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.4%†593

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

7,395 residents (±596)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma11%†846
High school or GED31%2,258
Some college23%1,671
Associate degree11%†784
Bachelor's degree15%1,093
Graduate degree10%†743

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 B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,496 households (±412)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k15%†695
$25k–50k24%†1,087
$50k–75k17%†774
$75k–100k16%†734
$100k–150k18%†816
$150k–200k4.9%†222
$200k or more3.7%†168

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

4,496 households (±412)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Own59%2,655
Rent41%1,841

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,829 households (±358)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75014%†254
$750–1,0008.1%†149
$1,000–1,50043%†792

Home values

2,655 homes (±414)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k26%†682
$150k–250k57%1,504
$250k–400k16%†437

Age of homes

4,891 homes (±483)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later2.9%†140
2000–20094.6%†224
1980–199920%†967

Size of homes

4,891 homes (±483)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio2.9%†142
1 bedroom15%†732
2 bedrooms20%†995

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

4,829 workers (±670)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone74%3,563
Carpool8.6%†417
Public transit0.4%†19
Walk1.5%†72
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†559
Other4.1%†199

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.3 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,270 workers (±658)

Springdale, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min37%†1,598
15–29 min34%1,436
30–44 min27%†1,134

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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

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 Hamilton County, the county holding most of Springdale's residents.

Hamilton County has 21,087 employer establishments, 254 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 1.17× Ohio's), with 529,211 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,726. The Census Bureau also counts 69,341 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 21,087; 69,341 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 254; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 529,211
Average annual pay: $70,726; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	1,678	20.2	1.10×About typical	37,707	$22,525	282
Ambulatory health care services	1,609	19.3	0.93×About typical	30,698	$90,670	3,666
Lessors of real estate	974	11.7	0.95×About typical	7,165	$79,720	7,634
Specialty trade contractors	914	11	0.71×Fewer than typical	15,614	$74,483	3,495
Limited-service restaurants	751	9	1.13×About typical	14,814	$19,694	123
Full-service restaurants	714	8.6	1.12×About typical	20,201	$25,231	104
Management, scientific and technical consulting	529	6.4	0.95×About typical	5,421	$125,563	3,113
Services to buildings and dwellings	514	6.2	0.92×About typical	8,538	$33,519	3,552
Religious organizations	511	6.1	1.11×About typical	6,034	$30,686	—
Construction of buildings	474	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	4,523	$96,161	1,444
Offices of physicians	456	5.5	0.85×About typical	14,506	$134,404	691
Personal care services	421	5.1	1.06×About typical	2,905	$32,345	3,342

Rank places for an industry Open Hamilton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 831,699 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 $6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Springdale, Ohio: $546 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6M; +24% vs FY2025
Per resident: $546; US $1,994
Sole-source: 24%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; 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$1.7M29%
Department of the Army$1M17%
Social Security Administration$1M17%
Department of the Air Force$969.3K16%
Federal Communications Commission$219.7K3.6%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$189K3.1%
Drug Enforcement Administration$186.7K3.1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$184.1K3.1%

Top recipients

FAXON MACHINING, LLC$1.8M29%
OGIS COMMUNICATION GROUP INC$1.7M28%
GIRD SYSTEMS INC$1.1M19%
CINCOM SYSTEMS, INC.$1M17%
CBTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC$219.7K3.6%

Spending by fiscal year

4.2MFY2017
3.5MFY2018
1.4MFY2019
3.9MFY2020
3.7MFY2021
6.7MFY2022
3.8MFY2023
6.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.9M32%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1.8M29%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.1M19%
Software publishers · 5132$1M17%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$186.7K3.1%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Springdale, Ohio

ESTABLISH NEW CONTRACT - CINCOM ID TEXT ID SPELL - RECOMPETE OF 28321319C00060002$4.6M
CINCOM SYSTEMS, INC.· Hamilton County, OH· IT & telecom· Oct 5, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· 28321324P00050012
SBIR PHII SEQUENTIAL, ARMY TOPIC #A20-080, "CONTINUOUS-TIME DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP) USING RECONFIGURABLE DEVICES". CURRENT EFFORT CONTINUES THE EFFORT INITIATED UNDER PHI SBIR CONTRACT W9113M-20-C-0096 AND PHII SBIR CONTRACT W9113M-22-C-0076.$2M
GIRD SYSTEMS INC· Hamilton County, OH· Research & development· Sep 6, 2024 – May 7, 2026· W5170124C0277
PROJECT 621-22-107 AJP - MODERNIZE BLDG 108 BOILER PLANT AND SYSTEMS WILL CORRECT FCA DEFICIENCIES OF THE CENTRAL BOILER PLANT TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE FACILITY AT THE JAMES H. QUILLEN VA MEDICAL CENTER.$1.9M
FFE - HEAPY JV, LLC· Hamilton County, OH· Construction & real property

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

Springdale, Ohio's figures are part of those of Hamilton County, OH ($1.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Hamilton 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

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

Hamilton County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Hamilton 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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