Village · Monroe County, Ohio

Woodsfield, Ohio

Woodsfield is a village in Monroe County, Ohio. It has 2,404 residents. Woodsfield, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,001 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #655 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), students per teacher (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), new business applications (low) and mental health providers (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,001 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #655 of 684 in OH
Population: 2,404 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,205.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3986436

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.

Safety73#4,141/15,637
Economy3#15,231/15,631
Housing73#3,998/14,977
Health7#14,448/15,609
Healthcare2#15,272/15,650
Environment36#9,853/15,453
Education43#8,847/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,158/15,650
Community46#8,471/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,358/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low83 /100k
100/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureMonroe County value
Students per teacher · low9.6×
99/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMonroe County value
Social associations · high19.0 /10k
97/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMonroe County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
88/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drought exposure · low4%
87/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMonroe County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high52.2%
0/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
New business applications · low6.7 /1k
1/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMonroe County value
Mental health providers · low31 /100k
2/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Primary care physicians · low15 /100k
2/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Dentists · low15 /100k
2/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMonroe County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
72.2% (2015-2019) → 50.7% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.8% (2015-2019) → 83.2% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$30,769 (2015-2019) → $49,390 (2020-2024)
+61%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
41.2% (2015-2019) → 30.4% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioImproving
3.0× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
−27%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Woodsfield, Ohio improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved4

Inequality−0.1110.534 → 0.423
Rent burden−22 points72.2% → 50.7%
Household income+61%$30,769 → $49,390
Broadband+16 points66.8% → 83.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Woodsfield, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.1 min2015-2019	27.9 min2020-2024	+4.8 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	66.8%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Child poverty rate	42.8%2015-2019	41.6%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	87.5%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5342015-2019	0.4232020-2024	−0.111	Improved	97%
Median household income	$30,7692015-2019	$49,3902020-2024	+61%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	29.4%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	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	41.2%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	72.2%2015-2019	50.7%2020-2024	−22 points	Improved	95%
Unemployment rate	8.2%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“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 Woodsfield, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Woodsfield, 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, Woodsfield, Ohio itself moved +13.1 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

2,404 residents (±269)

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

1,067 households (±153)

Woodsfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k23%†246
$25k–50k28%†298
$50k–75k19%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,067 households (±153)

Woodsfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Own56%596
Rent44%471

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

786 workers (±138)

Woodsfield, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone64%506
Carpool17%†135
Public transit0.0%0

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 Monroe County, the county holding most of Woodsfield's residents.

Monroe County has 244 employer establishments, 185 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Ohio's), with 1,923 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,381. The Census Bureau also counts 902 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 244; 902 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 185; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 1,923
Average annual pay: $38,381; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	22	16.7	1.08×About typical	79	$43,304	76
Religious organizations	19	14.4	2.60×More than typical	34	$12,853	—
Restaurants and other eating places	18	13.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	203	$14,665	3
Ambulatory health care services	11	8.3	0.40×Fewer than typical	76	$36,171	31
Construction of buildings	9	6.8	0.90×Too few to compare	15	$27,667	39
Limited-service restaurants	9	6.8	0.85×Too few to compare	123	$16,463	—
Other specialty trade contractors	9	6.8	2.72×Too few to compare	38	$46,474	41
Truck transportation	9	6.8	1.35×Too few to compare	143	$50,804	35
Full-service restaurants	8	6.1	0.79×Too few to compare	74	$11,757	—
Gasoline stations	8	6.1	1.87×Too few to compare	68	$23,029	3
Banks and credit unions	7	5.3	1.64×Too few to compare	97	$41,722	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	4.6	0.90×Too few to compare	25	$25,960	17

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,176 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 Woodsfield, 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

351.8FY2017
144.7FY2018
49.1FY2020
841.3FY2021
0FY2022
0FY2024
0FY2025

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

Woodsfield, Ohio's figures are part of those of Monroe County, OH ($68.1K 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: Woodsfield is mostly in Monroe County.

See federal money in Monroe 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.

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

House

Michael A. RulliR-OH-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 5.3%

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.

Monroe County24100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Monroe 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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