Village · Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas, Ohio

Tuscarawas is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, part of the New Philadelphia-Dover, OH metro area. It has 1,235 residents. Tuscarawas, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,189 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #413 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), social associations (high) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), gyms and fitness centers (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,189 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #413 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,235 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,667.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3977924

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.

Safety60#6,252/15,637
Economy52#7,497/15,631
Housing76#3,607/14,977
Health25#11,669/15,609
Healthcare23#12,005/15,650
Environment38#9,592/15,453
Education46#8,438/15,649
Infrastructure47#8,321/15,650
Community43#8,969/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,025/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high15.6 /10k
93/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAATuscarawas County value
Unemployment rate · low1.3%
89/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.323
87/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
82/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTuscarawas County value

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high42.6%
11/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTuscarawas County value
Flu vaccinations · low33.0%
13/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Ohio 2.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Primary care physicians · low34 /100k
15/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscarawas County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high216 min
15/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTuscarawas County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,413 (2015-2019) → 1,235 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
21.7% (2015-2019) → 47.9% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.7 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
28.5% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
20.2% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.8% (2015-2019) → 18.6% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Tuscarawas, Ohio improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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

Household income+41%$62,308 → $87,656

Declined1

Rent / income+9.3 points20.2% → 29.5%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Tuscarawas, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	23.2 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Broadband subscriptions	87.6%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	1.34%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	93.7%2015-2019	95.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3492015-2019	0.3232020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$62,3082015-2019	$87,6562020-2024	+41%	Improved	75%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	20.2%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Declined	10%

“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 Tuscarawas, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tuscarawas, 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, Tuscarawas, Ohio itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,235 residents (±282)

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

410 households (±92)

Tuscarawas, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k15%†60
$25k–50k14%†59
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

410 households (±92)

Tuscarawas, Ohio
Ohio share

Own70%288
Rent30%†122

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

583 workers (±166)

Tuscarawas, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone88%†515
Carpool4.5%†26
Public transit

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 New Philadelphia-Dover, 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 Tuscarawas County, the county holding most of Tuscarawas's residents.

Tuscarawas County has 2,098 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Ohio's), with 31,958 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,354. The Census Bureau also counts 7,066 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,098; 7,066 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 31,958
Average annual pay: $49,354; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	172	18.7	1.02×About typical	2,804	$19,178	27
Specialty trade contractors	152	16.5	1.07×About typical	923	$61,364	677
Ambulatory health care services	120	13	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,327	$47,237	189
Religious organizations	117	12.7	2.29×More than typical	577	$22,854	—
Full-service restaurants	75	8.2	1.06×About typical	1,351	$20,803	13
Limited-service restaurants	75	8.2	1.02×About typical	1,162	$18,190	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	68	7.4	1.47×More than typical	330	$40,818	134
Lessors of real estate	58	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	234	$40,081	770
Truck transportation	55	6	1.18×About typical	431	$63,441	212
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	5.9	0.87×About typical	228	$40,886	375
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	49	5.3	1.69×More than typical	249	$66,141	164
Building equipment contractors	48	5.2	0.87×About typical	408	$62,708	97

Rank places for an industry Open Tuscarawas County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 91,996 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tuscarawas, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.6FY2019

What was bought

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

Tuscarawas, Ohio's figures are part of those of Tuscarawas County, OH ($3.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Tuscarawas 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.

Tuscarawas, 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.

Tuscarawas County42100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New Philadelphia-Dover, OH31

Other cities and towns in Tuscarawas 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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