Village · Huron County, Ohio

Wakeman, Ohio

Wakeman is a village in Huron County, Ohio, part of the Norwalk, OH metro area. It has 1,101 residents. Wakeman, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 43 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,975 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #398 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), pharmacies (low) and depression (high).

43Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,975 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #398 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,101 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,335.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3980458

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.

Safety53#7,271/15,637
Economy44#8,761/15,631
Housing80#2,930/14,977
Health34#10,262/15,609
Healthcare51#7,687/15,650
Environment58#6,536/15,453
Education31#10,876/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,200/15,650
Community32#10,582/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,678/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
92/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHuron County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.370
85/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low3.0%
84/100Ohio 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Public libraries · high1.4 /10k
84/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHuron County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Ohio 4.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHuron County value
Social associations · high13.2 /10k
83/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHuron County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low9.0 /1k
15/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauHuron County value
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
15/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHuron County value
Depression · high27.1%
18/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · low1.7 /10k
18/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHuron County value
Primary care physicians · low38 /100k
18/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHuron County value
Injury deaths · high113 /100k
21/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHuron County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
6.6 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−86%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.6% (2015-2019) → 42.7% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.6% (2015-2019) → 89.8% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$51,369 (2015-2019) → $72,396 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.4% (2015-2019) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.3% (2015-2019) → 25.0% (2020-2024)
−6.3 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, Wakeman, Ohio improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved2

Household income+41%$51,369 → $72,396
Broadband+10 points79.6% → 89.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Wakeman, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.6 min2015-2019	28.3 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Broadband subscriptions	79.6%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	1.19%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	85.4%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3872015-2019	0.3702020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	66%
Median household income	$51,3692015-2019	$72,3962020-2024	+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	31.3%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“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 Wakeman, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wakeman, 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, Wakeman, Ohio itself moved +9.9 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

1,101 residents (±287)

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

423 households (±99)

Wakeman, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k8.3%†35
$25k–50k24%†100
$50k–75k25%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

423 households (±99)

Wakeman, Ohio
Ohio share

Own77%327
Rent23%†96

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

420 workers (±116)

Wakeman, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone89%372
Carpool5.5%†23
Public transit0.0%0

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 Norwalk, 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 Huron County, the county holding most of Wakeman's residents.

Huron County has 1,105 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Ohio's), with 20,323 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,557. The Census Bureau also counts 3,477 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,105; 3,477 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 20,323
Average annual pay: $51,557; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	88	15.1	0.82×About typical	1,406	$15,514	12
Specialty trade contractors	81	13.9	0.90×About typical	577	$96,489	348
Ambulatory health care services	67	11.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	584	$63,045	111
Religious organizations	52	8.9	1.61×More than typical	377	$20,767	—
Limited-service restaurants	48	8.2	1.03×About typical	938	$14,874	9
Construction of buildings	41	7	0.93×About typical	402	$71,704	155
Lessors of real estate	35	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	74	$33,378	396
Truck transportation	34	5.8	1.16×About typical	1,052	$60,372	116
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	5.7	1.13×About typical	161	$46,460	112
Full-service restaurants	32	5.5	0.72×Fewer than typical	424	$17,035	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	4.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	135	$39,526	234
Banks and credit unions	27	4.6	1.44×More than typical	253	$54,783	—

Rank places for an industry Open Huron County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 58,194 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: Wakeman is mostly in Huron County.

See federal money in Huron 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.

Wakeman, 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.

Huron County60100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Norwalk, OH47

Other cities and towns in Huron 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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