City · Champaign County, Ohio

Urbana, Ohio

Urbana is a city in Champaign County, Ohio, part of the Urbana, OH metro area. It has 11,204 residents. Urbana, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 42 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,050 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #404 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), rent as share of income (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), adult obesity (high) and restaurants and bars (low).

42Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,050 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #404 of 684 in OH
Population: 11,204 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 1,344.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3979072

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety80#3,179/15,637
Economy32#10,598/15,631
Housing98#270/14,977
Health29#11,094/15,609
Healthcare30#10,904/15,650
Environment43#8,740/15,453
Education17#13,066/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,147/15,650
Community50#7,827/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,346/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Rent-burdened households · low33.0%
96/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low21.8%
95/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChampaign County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low110 min
92/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChampaign County value
Violent crime rate · low75 /100k
91/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationChampaign County value
Drought exposure · low6%
85/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAChampaign County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low21 /100k
5/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChampaign County value
Adult obesity · high44.4%
6/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low5.2 /10k
12/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChampaign County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low51.7%
12/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChampaign County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.3 /10k
14/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyChampaign County value
Dentists · low34 /100k
15/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChampaign County value

Trends

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

Median household incomeImproving
$45,515 (2015-2019) → $68,003 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 87.9% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
38.9% (2015-2019) → 33.0% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
17.7% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
18.6 min (2015-2019) → 21.2 min (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.2% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
+2.6 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, Urbana, Ohio improved on 2 of 14 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.

Improved2

Household income+49%$45,515 → $68,003
Broadband+7.2 points80.7% → 87.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Urbana, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.6 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	87.9%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	45%
Child poverty rate	23.1%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Effective property tax rate	1.29%2015-2019	1.16%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3722015-2019	0.4132020-2024	+0.041	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$45,5152015-2019	$68,0032020-2024	+49%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	17.7%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent-burdened households	38.9%2015-2019	33.0%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%

“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 Urbana, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Urbana, 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, Urbana, Ohio itself moved −2.4 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

11,204 residents (±111)

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

4,778 households (±216)

Urbana, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k14%653
$25k–50k21%1,027
$50k–75k22%1,030

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,778 households (±216)

Urbana, Ohio
Ohio share

Own60%2,875
Rent40%1,903

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,194 workers (±391)

Urbana, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone81%4,220
Carpool7.8%†405
Public transit0.3%†13

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 Urbana, 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 Champaign County, the county holding most of Urbana's residents.

Champaign County has 566 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Ohio's), with 8,605 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,418. The Census Bureau also counts 2,663 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 566; 2,663 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 8,605
Average annual pay: $51,418; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	45	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	672	$16,185	15
Religious organizations	32	8.3	1.49×More than typical	116	$16,888	—
Ambulatory health care services	31	8	0.38×Fewer than typical	175	$71,994	125
Specialty trade contractors	27	7	0.45×Fewer than typical	152	$54,026	285
Services to buildings and dwellings	26	6.7	1.00×About typical	467	$62,379	179
Construction of buildings	23	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	58	$32,207	145
Limited-service restaurants	21	5.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	431	$15,749	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	5.2	1.02×About typical	93	$42,452	54
Lessors of real estate	20	5.2	0.42×Fewer than typical	53	$40,245	176
Full-service restaurants	15	3.9	0.50×Fewer than typical	177	$17,311	5
Landscaping services	15	3.9	1.11×About typical	432	$66,141	77
Truck transportation	15	3.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	82	$47,122	86

Rank places for an industry Open Champaign County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,750 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 $976K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Urbana, Ohio: $87.11 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $976K; −30% vs FY2025
Per resident: $87.11; US $1,995
Sole-source: 60%; US 30%
Single offer: 37%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$870K89%
Department of the Navy$50.8K5.2%
Federal Aviation Administration$23.8K2.4%
Department of the Army$17.9K1.8%
U.S. Coast Guard$7,5900.8%
U.S. Geological Survey$5,9240.6%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

885.4KFY2017
1.5MFY2018
1.1MFY2019
1.1MFY2020
1.1MFY2021
1.2MFY2022
1.1MFY2023
1.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$581.1K60%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$330.3K34%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$23.9K2.4%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$12.6K1.3%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$10.6K1.1%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Urbana, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Urbana, Ohio's figures are part of those of Champaign County, OH ($18.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Champaign 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.

Urbana, 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.

Champaign County59100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Urbana, OH50

Other cities and towns in Champaign 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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