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Tiffin, Ohio

Tiffin is a city in Seneca County, Ohio, part of the Tiffin, OH metro area. It has 17,818 residents. Tiffin, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 43 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,945 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #395 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), violent crime rate (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and new business applications (low).

43Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,945 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #395 of 684 in OH
Population: 17,818 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 2,414.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3976778

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety71#4,564/15,637
Economy26#11,553/15,631
Housing82#2,732/14,977
Health36#10,027/15,609
Healthcare32#10,711/15,650
Environment42#8,925/15,453
Education60#6,310/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,405/15,650
Community33#10,542/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#10,942/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Average commute time · low15.8 min
97/100Ohio 23.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Violent crime rate · low57 /100k
96/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSeneca County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low128 min
83/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSeneca County value
Social associations · high12.5 /10k
80/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSeneca County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
79/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low46.4%
79/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.9%
7/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSeneca County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.2 /10k
8/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSeneca County value
New business applications · low8.6 /1k
11/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSeneca County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
11/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSeneca County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSeneca County value
Primary care physicians · low33 /100k
14/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSeneca County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.8 /1k (2021) → 2.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+188%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.6% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.5% (2015-2019) → 27.3% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,996 (2015-2019) → $56,198 (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeImproving
19.8 min (2015-2019) → 15.8 min (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+9.4%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, Tiffin, Ohio improved on 4 of 14 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.

Improved4

Commute−4.0 min19.8 min → 15.8 min
Bachelor's++7.9 points19.5% → 27.3%
Household income+34%$41,996 → $56,198
Broadband+10 points77.6% → 87.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Tiffin, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	15.8 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Improved	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	77.6%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	16.5%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.23%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	52%
High school diploma or higher	92.3%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4252015-2019	0.4372020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$41,9962015-2019	$56,1982020-2024	+34%	Improved	63%
Poverty rate	13.6%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent-burdened households	47.1%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Unemployment rate	5.1%2015-2019	3.8%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	43%

“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 Tiffin, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tiffin, 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, Tiffin, 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

17,818 residents (±31)

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

7,548 households (±308)

Tiffin, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k20%1,495
$25k–50k26%1,979
$50k–75k21%1,583

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,548 households (±308)

Tiffin, Ohio
Ohio share

Own59%4,445
Rent41%3,103

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

8,623 workers (±420)

Tiffin, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone78%6,706
Carpool6.5%†558
Public transit0.1%†6

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 Tiffin, 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 Seneca County, the county holding most of Tiffin's residents.

Seneca County has 1,053 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Ohio's), with 16,258 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,583. The Census Bureau also counts 3,323 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,053; 3,323 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 16,258
Average annual pay: $44,583; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	85	15.5	0.85×About typical	1,653	$14,624	16
Ambulatory health care services	67	12.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	694	$45,321	140
Specialty trade contractors	64	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	423	$62,981	316
Religious organizations	51	9.3	1.68×More than typical	245	$21,029	—
Full-service restaurants	39	7.1	0.93×About typical	699	$14,771	8
Truck transportation	36	6.6	1.30×More than typical	224	$50,754	111
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	6	1.20×About typical	126	$46,603	58
Limited-service restaurants	33	6	0.75×Fewer than typical	841	$14,816	5
Construction of buildings	31	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	184	$59,207	144
Offices of other health practitioners	27	4.9	0.81×About typical	377	$33,886	63
Banks and credit unions	26	4.8	1.47×More than typical	259	$71,282	3
Building equipment contractors	26	4.8	0.79×Fewer than typical	203	$60,138	54

Rank places for an industry Open Seneca County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 54,719 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 $2.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tiffin, Ohio: $161 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.9M; −61% vs FY2025
Per resident: $161; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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 Veterans Affairs$2.9M100.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$6020.0%

Top recipients

CONCORDANCE HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS LLC$2.9M100.0%

Spending by fiscal year

51.2KFY2017
46.2KFY2018
31.3KFY2019
2.9MFY2020
8MFY2021
7.9MFY2022
8.5MFY2023
10.9MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$2.9M100.0%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$6070.0%

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

Tiffin, Ohio's figures are part of those of Seneca County, OH ($69M in FY2026), never added to them: 4.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Seneca 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.

Tiffin, 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.

Seneca County59100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tiffin, OH52

Other cities and towns in Seneca 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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