Scores by category

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

Safety86#2,188/15,637
Economy38#9,720/15,631
Housing93#1,066/14,977
Health39#9,505/15,609
Healthcare23#12,041/15,650
Environment22#12,080/15,453
Education66#5,249/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,684/15,650
Community76#3,754/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,359/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Gyms and fitness centers · high2.4 /10k
97/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAuglaize County value
Violent crime rate · low56 /100k
96/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAuglaize County value
Reading scores · high3.36
92/100Ohio 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAuglaize County value
Property crime rate · low450 /100k
92/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAuglaize County value
Rent-burdened households · low35.6%
90/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · high14.6 /10k
90/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAuglaize County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.4 /10k
3/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAuglaize County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAuglaize County value
Comfortable days · low23.1%
8/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAuglaize County value
New business applications · low8.3 /1k
9/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAuglaize County value
Broadband subscriptions · low83.1%
9/100Ohio 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Mental health providers · low74 /100k
10/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAuglaize County value

Trends

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

Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.3% (2015-2019) → 19.2% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.4× (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.5% (2015-2019) → 26.0% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
86.8% (2015-2019) → 83.1% (2020-2024)
−3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
89.8% (2015-2019) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.9% (2015-2019) → 18.9% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Wapakoneta, Ohio improved on 1 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 13 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

Bachelor's++7.9 points11.3% → 19.2%

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×1.9× → 2.4×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Wapakoneta, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	19.2 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	86.8%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Child poverty rate	15.9%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	1.07%2015-2019	0.97%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	89.8%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3972015-2019	0.3872020-2024	−0.010	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$57,5122015-2019	$65,5702020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	13.5%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.5%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	33.2%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	2.6%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.2%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%

“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 Wapakoneta, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wapakoneta, 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, Wapakoneta, Ohio itself moved −6.3 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

9,894 residents (±142)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

9,894 residents (±142)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

White93%9,170
Black0.9%†91
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†162
Asian0.6%†57
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†4
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.1%†410

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (−3.5 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

7,121 residents (±224)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma7.2%†510
High school or GED41%2,905
Some college25%1,803
Associate degree7.5%533
Bachelor's degree9.0%639
Graduate degree10%731

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+6.2 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 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

4,379 households (±211)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k16%†687
$25k–50k20%884
$50k–75k24%1,032
$75k–100k11%†468
$100k–150k21%910
$150k–200k4.8%†209
$200k or more4.3%†189

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+9.8 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 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

4,379 households (±211)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Own68%2,986
Rent32%1,393

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,345 households (±293)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75045%†602
$750–1,00019%†249
$1,000–1,50035%†472

Home values

2,986 homes (±227)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k45%1,356
$150k–250k41%1,225
$250k–400k11%†336

Age of homes

4,741 homes (±231)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later3.0%†140
2000–20098.2%†387
1980–199922%1,030

Size of homes

4,741 homes (±231)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio1.9%†90
1 bedroom11%†499
2 bedrooms31%1,449

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

4,664 workers (±378)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone86%3,990
Carpool4.2%†194
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†108
Bike0.2%†9
Work from home7.3%†340
Other0.5%†23

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.4 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

4,324 workers (±363)

Wapakoneta, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min42%1,802
15–29 min45%1,962
30–44 min9.0%†390

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 Wapakoneta, 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 Auglaize County, the county holding most of Wapakoneta's residents.

Auglaize County has 992 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 1.00× Ohio's), with 23,217 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,278. The Census Bureau also counts 2,977 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 992; 2,977 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 216; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 23,217
Average annual pay: $58,278; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	80	17.4	0.83×About typical	536	$72,806	134
Restaurants and other eating places	77	16.7	0.91×About typical	1,447	$15,403	10
Specialty trade contractors	60	13	0.84×About typical	670	$66,718	243
Limited-service restaurants	37	8	1.00×About typical	890	$13,835	3
Religious organizations	34	7.4	1.33×More than typical	502	$26,486	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	30	6.5	4.08×More than typical	750	$62,037	20
Offices of other health practitioners	30	6.5	1.07×About typical	163	$42,258	53
Lessors of real estate	29	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	47	$41,532	450
Construction of buildings	28	6.1	0.81×About typical	212	$56,542	73
Insurance agencies and brokerages	26	5.7	1.29×More than typical	78	$68,462	66
Automotive repair and maintenance	25	5.4	1.08×About typical	109	$37,927	41
Full-service restaurants	25	5.4	0.71×Fewer than typical	420	$19,876	—

Rank places for an industry Open Auglaize County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 45,980 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 -$174 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Wapakoneta, Ohio: -$0.02 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$174
Per resident: -$0.02; 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

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION-$1740.0%

Spending by fiscal year

5.9KFY2017
1.4KFY2018
910.9FY2019
75.8FY2020
304.3FY2022
-184.3FY2023
173.9FY2024
-173.9FY2026

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

Wapakoneta, Ohio's figures are part of those of Auglaize County, OH ($33.7M 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: Wapakoneta is mostly in Auglaize County.

See federal money in Auglaize 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.

Wapakoneta, 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.

Auglaize County82100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Wapakoneta, OH76

Other cities and towns in Auglaize 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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