Census-designated place · Ashland County, Ohio

Sullivan, Ohio

Sullivan is a census-designated place in Ashland County, Ohio, part of the Ashland, OH metro area. It has 1,027 residents. Sullivan, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 31 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,816 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #530 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), drought exposure (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), adult smoking (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

31Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,816 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #530 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,027 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 248.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3975350

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety68#5,058/15,637
Economy43#8,954/15,631
Housing—
Health23#12,084/15,609
Healthcare29#11,067/15,650
Environment67#5,114/15,453
Education35#10,136/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,746/15,650
Community41#9,223/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,855/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Social associations · high20.1 /10k
98/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshland County value
Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAshland County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.304
92/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Natural hazard risk · low7.2
88/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAshland County value
Hot days · low6 days
84/100Ohio 11 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAshland County value
Property crime rate · low596 /100k
84/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAshland County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low3.2%
1/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Adult smoking · high21.1%
9/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high21.4%
9/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high28.8%
9/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an emergency room · high13.0 mi
10/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAshland County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
12/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAshland County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
774 (2016-2020) → 1,027 (2020-2024)
+33%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2016-2020) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+57%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
0.6% (2016-2020) → 8.8% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.227 (2016-2020) → 0.304 (2020-2024)
+34%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
4.6% (2016-2020) → 10.2% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
90.6% (2016-2020) → 86.1% (2020-2024)
−4.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Sullivan, Ohio over five years.

Cities and towns like Sullivan, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sullivan, 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.

No place that looked like Sullivan, Ohio five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

1,027 residents (±318)

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

† 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

1,027 residents (±318)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

White98%†1,010
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

849 residents (±296)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma6.8%†58
High school or GED57%†485
Some college21%†177

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

467 households (±126)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k14%†65
$25k–50k24%†111
$50k–75k21%†96
$75k–100k5.8%†27
$100k–150k31%†146
$150k–200k4.7%†22
$200k or more0.0%0

† 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

467 households (±126)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Own89%†415
Rent11%†52

† 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

52 households (±57)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75027%†14
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50073%†38

Home values

415 homes (±133)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k18%†75
$150k–250k40%†166
$250k–400k37%†153

Age of homes

485 homes (±130)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later4.3%†21
2000–200927%†131
1980–199926%†125

Size of homes

485 homes (±130)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.4%†26
2 bedrooms14%†70

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

411 workers (±126)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone98%†402
Carpool2.2%†9
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

† 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

411 workers (±126)

Sullivan, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min3.4%†14
15–29 min41%†169
30–44 min23%†96

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 Ashland, 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 Ashland County, the county holding most of Sullivan's residents.

Ashland County has 1,021 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Ohio's), with 17,851 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,718. The Census Bureau also counts 4,018 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,021; 4,018 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 17,851
Average annual pay: $44,718; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	81	15.5	2.80×More than typical	611	$18,113	—
Restaurants and other eating places	78	15	0.81×About typical	1,562	$17,367	10
Ambulatory health care services	67	12.9	0.62×Fewer than typical	883	$64,648	122
Specialty trade contractors	63	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	430	$79,270	415
Limited-service restaurants	38	7.3	0.91×About typical	748	$17,608	6
Truck transportation	33	6.3	1.25×More than typical	303	$57,597	198
Full-service restaurants	28	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	695	$17,793	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	5.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	143	$28,483	250
Lessors of real estate	27	5.2	0.42×Fewer than typical	86	$29,151	391
Offices of physicians	27	5.2	0.80×Fewer than typical	210	$126,710	13
Automotive repair and maintenance	25	4.8	0.95×About typical	121	$77,744	90
Construction of buildings	25	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	429	$72,373	166

Rank places for an industry Open Ashland County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 52,125 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Ashland 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.

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

House

Jim JordanR-OH-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%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.

Ashland County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Ashland, OH46

Other cities and towns in Ashland 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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