Scores by category

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

Safety97#396/15,637
Economy71#4,494/15,631
Housing86#2,078/14,977
Health75#3,977/15,609
Healthcare78#3,373/15,650
Environment63#5,728/15,453
Education86#2,217/15,649
Infrastructure73#4,157/15,650
Community70#4,648/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,298/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Ohio 3.6United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMedina County value
Natural hazard risk · low1.6
98/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMedina County value
Reading scores · high3.49
97/100Ohio 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMedina County value
Violent crime rate · low56 /100k
96/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMedina County value
Poverty rate · low2.7%
94/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMedina County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
10/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMedina County value
Students per teacher · high17.4×
18/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMedina County value
Child poverty rate · high0.0%
25/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Loneliness · high35.0%
26/100Ohio 36.0%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Depression · high26.0%
26/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low6.7 /10k
28/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMedina County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
27.3% (2015-2019) → 4.9% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
97.5% (2015-2019) → 84.0% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
43.9% (2015-2019) → 37.7% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2015-2019) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$85,625 (2015-2019) → $109,625 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
18.4% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
−4.8 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, Westfield Center, Ohio improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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

Inequality−0.0810.456 → 0.375
Poverty−4.5 points7.2% → 2.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Westfield Center, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.4 min2015-2019	23.7 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Broadband subscriptions	87.4%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	1.31%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
High school diploma or higher	97.5%2015-2019	84.0%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.3752020-2024	−0.081	Improved	93%
Median household income	$85,6252015-2019	$109,6252020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Poverty rate	7.2%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Improved	78%

“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 Westfield Center, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Westfield Center, 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, Westfield Center, Ohio itself moved −8.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,211 residents (±253)

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: Under 10 men (−3.1 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

1,211 residents (±253)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

White81%981
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino2.8%†34
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races16%†196

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+15.4 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

994 residents (±219)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma16%†159
High school or GED23%230
Some college19%†191
Associate degree3.9%†39
Bachelor's degree26%254
Graduate degree12%†121

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 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

473 households (±85)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k4.9%†23
$25k–50k14%†68
$50k–75k19%†91
$75k–100k8.0%†38
$100k–150k22%†106
$150k–200k17%†79
$200k or more14%†68

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.0 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

473 households (±85)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Own89%422
Rent11%†51

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

41 households (±36)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75039%†16
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

422 homes (±74)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k4.3%†18
$150k–250k22%†92
$250k–400k35%†147

Age of homes

511 homes (±88)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later12%†61
2000–200911%†55
1980–199919%†95

Size of homes

511 homes (±88)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio2.7%†14
1 bedroom0.2%†1
2 bedrooms11%†57

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

507 workers (±106)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone70%357
Carpool4.7%†24
Public transit0.2%†1
Walk3.9%†20
Bike0.0%0
Work from home21%†104
Other0.2%†1

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−15.5 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

403 workers (±91)

Westfield Center, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min25%†102
15–29 min37%†150
30–44 min23%†92

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 Cleveland, 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 Medina County, the county holding most of Westfield Center's residents.

Medina County has 4,127 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Ohio's), with 57,518 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,677. The Census Bureau also counts 16,131 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,127; 16,131 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 57,518
Average annual pay: $54,677; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	343	18.7	1.20×About typical	2,236	$67,076	1,362
Restaurants and other eating places	273	14.8	0.81×About typical	5,826	$18,974	40
Ambulatory health care services	243	13.2	0.63×Fewer than typical	2,746	$67,621	673
Services to buildings and dwellings	160	8.7	1.29×More than typical	1,044	$41,119	877
Construction of buildings	138	7.5	0.99×About typical	885	$68,365	492
Lessors of real estate	134	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	333	$42,934	1,677
Limited-service restaurants	131	7.1	0.89×About typical	2,676	$16,999	13
Building equipment contractors	124	6.7	1.12×About typical	855	$57,813	210
Automotive repair and maintenance	120	6.5	1.30×More than typical	586	$44,725	219
Truck transportation	119	6.5	1.28×More than typical	693	$57,486	559
Full-service restaurants	105	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	2,585	$21,204	20
Landscaping services	105	5.7	1.63×More than typical	537	$48,993	323

Rank places for an industry Open Medina County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 183,893 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 $30.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Westfield Center, Ohio: $25.40 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $30.8K; +39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $25.40; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$30.8K100%

Top recipients

VETERANS CHOICE SERVICES LLC$22.6K73%
GULF COAST WILBERT INC$4,46815%
BRAVO, INC.$2,5048.1%
INTEGRITY FEDERAL SERVICES, INC$1,0683.5%
US DIVERSIFIED CONTRACTING SERVICES INC.$6422.1%
MACK INDUSTRIES INC$2470.8%
UNIFIRST CORPORATION$2020.7%
HOLLAND SUPPLY, INC-$42.630.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.3KFY2017
12.2KFY2018
76.5KFY2019
440.7KFY2020
36.8KFY2021
53.2KFY2022
53.8KFY2023
31.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$12.2K40%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$9,67631%
Other support services · 5619$4,46815%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$2,5048.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1,0683.5%

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 Westfield Center, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Westfield Center, Ohio's figures are part of those of Medina County, OH ($22.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Medina 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.

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

House

Max L. MillerR-OH-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 4.0%

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.

Medina County93100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cleveland, OH64

Other cities and towns in Medina 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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