Scores by category

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

Safety7#14,502/15,637
Economy10#14,058/15,631
Housing74#3,888/14,977
Health8#14,297/15,609
Healthcare74#4,096/15,650
Environment14#13,210/15,453
Education21#12,339/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,062/15,650
Community30#10,988/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,651/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public transit commuters · high3.9%
91/100Ohio 1.0%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMontgomery County value
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMontgomery County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
87/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Natural hazard risk · low8.9
85/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMontgomery County value
Distance to an airport · low12 mi
83/100Ohio 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMontgomery County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high45.2%
2/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Adult obesity · high45.5%
4/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · low22.7%
6/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMontgomery County value
Loneliness · high41.4%
6/100Ohio 36.0%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high138 /100k
6/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Child poverty rate · high33.2%
7/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
24,375 (2015-2019) → 23,041 (2020-2024)
−5.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
48.2% (2015-2019) → 33.2% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.8% (2015-2019) → 89.1% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.1% (2015-2019) → 50.3% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,778 (2015-2019) → $50,113 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.9% (2015-2019) → 30.4% (2020-2024)
−5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Trotwood, Ohio improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved5

Property tax−0.6 points2.19% → 1.59%
Child poverty−15 points48.2% → 33.2%
Broadband+13 points75.8% → 89.1%
Household income+36%$36,778 → $50,113
Bachelor's++3.7 points15.6% → 19.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Trotwood, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	57%
Broadband subscriptions	75.8%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	74%
Child poverty rate	48.2%2015-2019	33.2%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	2.19%2015-2019	1.59%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	94%
High school diploma or higher	87.1%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$36,7782015-2019	$50,1132020-2024	+36%	Improved	68%
Poverty rate	25.7%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent as share of income	35.9%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	59.1%2015-2019	50.3%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Unemployment rate	9.8%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“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 Trotwood, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Trotwood, 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, Trotwood, Ohio itself moved +12 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

23,041 residents (±30)

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 men (+2.9 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

23,041 residents (±30)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

White26%5,889
Black65%15,060
Hispanic or Latino2.0%†455
Asian1.1%†256
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†4
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.0%†1,377

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

16,640 residents (±689)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma7.5%1,246
High school or GED35%5,902
Some college27%4,565
Associate degree10%1,722
Bachelor's degree11%1,829
Graduate degree8.3%1,376

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−5.4 points).

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

10,799 households (±458)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k24%2,584
$25k–50k26%2,803
$50k–75k19%2,058
$75k–100k12%1,260
$100k–150k14%1,530
$150k–200k2.8%†305
$200k or more2.4%†259

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.9 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 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

10,799 households (±458)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Own58%6,215
Rent42%4,584

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−4.1 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

4,383 households (±387)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75015%†649
$750–1,00032%1,399
$1,000–1,50042%1,822

Home values

6,215 homes (±475)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k65%4,026
$150k–250k27%1,681
$250k–400k4.5%†282

Age of homes

12,254 homes (±486)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later1.1%†140
2000–20095.1%†623
1980–19998.7%1,065

Size of homes

12,254 homes (±486)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.7%†91
1 bedroom9.0%1,109
2 bedrooms25%3,089

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

10,242 workers (±816)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone77%7,858
Carpool9.4%†958
Public transit3.9%†399
Walk0.9%†93
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.6%881
Other0.5%†53

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.8 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

9,361 workers (±764)

Trotwood, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min23%2,171
15–29 min46%4,283
30–44 min22%2,016

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 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 Montgomery County, the county holding most of Trotwood's residents.

Montgomery County has 10,930 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Ohio's), with 234,881 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,100. The Census Bureau also counts 38,795 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,930; 38,795 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 234,881
Average annual pay: $59,100; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,081	20.2	0.97×About typical	22,675	$76,461	2,147
Restaurants and other eating places	927	17.3	0.94×About typical	20,102	$20,842	193
Limited-service restaurants	515	9.6	1.20×About typical	10,329	$19,049	95
Specialty trade contractors	493	9.2	0.60×Fewer than typical	6,457	$65,067	2,393
Lessors of real estate	421	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	2,325	$54,072	3,291
Offices of physicians	386	7.2	1.11×About typical	6,687	$135,449	364
Religious organizations	345	6.4	1.16×About typical	2,797	$25,550	—
Full-service restaurants	302	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	8,395	$23,444	71
Services to buildings and dwellings	290	5.4	0.80×About typical	2,854	$41,022	2,230
Building equipment contractors	242	4.5	0.75×Fewer than typical	4,344	$65,882	397
Automotive repair and maintenance	233	4.4	0.87×About typical	1,498	$42,542	397
Offices of other health practitioners	221	4.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,615	$44,242	758

Rank places for an industry Open Montgomery County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 534,910 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 $2.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Trotwood, Ohio: $120 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.8M; +16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $120; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.9%; 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

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$2.1M75%
Defense Logistics Agency$458.6K17%
Department of the Navy$186.2K6.8%
Department of the Army$24.7K0.9%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$19.9K0.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,6450.1%

Top recipients

DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS INC$1.4M50%
ARBOR E & T LLC$673.7K24%
AUTO-VALVE, INC$310.9K11%
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY, INC.$210.9K7.7%
VECTREN ENERGY DELIVERY OF OHIO, LLC$141.1K5.1%

Spending by fiscal year

3.6MFY2017
3.2MFY2018
3.5MFY2019
3.8MFY2020
3MFY2021
3.3MFY2022
3.4MFY2023
4.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$2.1M75%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$235.3K8.5%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$210.9K7.7%
Natural gas distribution · 2212$141.1K5.1%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$70.2K2.5%
Other support services · 5619$20K

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

Trotwood, Ohio's figures are part of those of Montgomery County, OH ($737.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Montgomery 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.

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

House

Michael R. TurnerR-OH-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 3.0%

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.

Montgomery County45100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH58

Other cities and towns in Montgomery 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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