Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety51#453/924
Economy20#741/925
Housing52#440/925
Health11#826/925
Healthcare19#745/923
Environment19#747/917
Education9#839/925
Infrastructure28#670/925
Community31#641/925
Leisure & amenities57#394/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cambridge, OH micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Social associations · high17.3 /10k
96/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · low2%
93/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high2.1 /10k
83/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high7.8 /10k
77/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.7×
76/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high1.0 /10k
75/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high31.5 /100k
5/100Ohio 15.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · low15.6%
6/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Unemployment rate · high5.9%
6/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Frequent mental distress · high20.8%
8/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Depression · high28.7%
9/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high39.0%
9/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.3 /10k (2020) → 1.0 /10k (2025)
+300%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
4.7 /1k (2020) → 9.5 /1k (2025)
+100%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Suicide rateWorsening
16.9 /100k (2021) → 31.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+86%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
2.1 /10k (2020) → 3.6 /10k (2025)
+75%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
41.8 /100k (2021) → 13.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.9% (2015-2019) → 86.4% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Cambridge, OH micropolitan area improved on 13 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Gyms+300%0.3 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Libraries+35%0.8 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Arts & recreation+75%2.1 /10k → 3.6 /10k
Child poverty−11 points32.5% → 21.5%
Poverty−4.6 points19.9% → 15.3%

Declined5

Uninsured+6.1 points8.7% → 14.8%
Suicides+79%17.6 /100k → 31.5 /100k
Grocery stores−27%2.9 /10k → 2.1 /10k
Traffic deaths+34%14.8 /100k → 19.9 /100k
Firearm deaths+17%12.7 /100k → 14.8 /100k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Cambridge, OH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	+75%	Improved	99%
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	22.9 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	91%
Average weekly wage	$8572020	$1,0472025	+22%	Improved	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	72.9%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	86%
Child poverty rate	32.5%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	97%
Distance to an airport	69 mi2020	69 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	41.6 /100k2020	13.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−68%	Improved	96%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	0.87%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	65%
Firearm deaths	12.7 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Declined	28%
Grocery stores	2.9 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−27%	Declined	5%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+300%	Improved	100%
High school diploma or higher	85.5%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	81%
Homicide rate	4.0 /100k2020	2.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−30%	Improved	56%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,5742019	$59,7192024	+28%	Improved	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4382020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$45,9172015-2019	$58,4782020-2024	+27%	Improved	52%
New business applications	4.7 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+100%	Improved	94%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+0.1%	Little change	73%
Poverty rate	19.9%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Improved	96%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	+35%	Improved	98%
Rent as share of income	32.7%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent-burdened households	53.4%2015-2019	46.6%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	7.6 /10k2025	+3.7%	Little change	62%
Suicide rate	17.6 /100k2020	31.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+79%	Declined	3%
Traffic deaths	14.8 /100k2015-2019	19.9 /100k2020-2024	+34%	Declined	14%
Unemployment rate	9.3%2020	5.9%2025	−3.4 points	Improved	63%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.7%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Declined	0%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Cambridge, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cambridge, OH micropolitan area 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, Cambridge, OH micropolitan area itself moved +7.6 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

38,223 residents

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

16,318 households (±311)

Cambridge, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k20%3,268
$25k–50k24%3,844
$50k–75k17%2,771

Homes

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

Owners and renters

16,318 households (±311)

Cambridge, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own72%11,766
Rent28%4,552

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

16,383 workers (±549)

Cambridge, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%13,507
Carpool11%1,815
Public transit0.0%†8

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 no occupation wages for Cambridge, OH micropolitan area.

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.

Cambridge, OH has 828 employer establishments, 217 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), with 12,636 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,217. The Census Bureau also counts 2,579 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 828; 2,579 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 217; US 248
Paid employees: 12,636
Average annual pay: $47,217; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	70	18.4	1.00×About typical	1,375	$18,552	3
Ambulatory health care services	62	16.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,037	$46,961	87
Religious organizations	43	11.3	2.03×More than typical	142	$13,944	—
Specialty trade contractors	37	9.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	165	$60,909	275
Limited-service restaurants	36	9.4	1.18×About typical	642	$18,974	—
Truck transportation	30	7.9	1.56×More than typical	125	$48,368	94
Full-service restaurants	26	6.8	0.89×About typical	675	$17,981	—
Gasoline stations	21	5.5	1.70×More than typical	237	$26,827	—
Lessors of real estate	20	5.2	0.43×Fewer than typical	47	$46,638	200
Services to buildings and dwellings	20	5.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	98	$21,765	167
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	4.2	0.83×About typical	62	$34,161	52
Offices of other health practitioners	16	4.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	106	$46,500	32

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,132 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Cambridge, OH micropolitan area: $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

30.5KFY2017
29KFY2018
1.1KFY2019
68.9KFY2022
75FY2023
160.3KFY2024
-9.4KFY2025

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $259.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cambridge, OH micropolitan area: $6,757 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $259.3M; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,757; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$140.3M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$27.4M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$26.2M10%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$19.9M7.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$10.7M4.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$8.9M3.4%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$7.7M3.0%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$6.1M2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$18.2M7.0%
COLUMBUS, OH
CAMBRIDGE METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$5.7M2.2%
CAMBRIDGE, OH
CAMBRIDGE AREA REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$1.2M0.5%
CAMBRIDGE, OH
MONROE METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$922.8K0.4%
CAMBRIDGE, OH
NOBLE METRO HOUSING AUTH

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$198.2M76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$30.4M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$18.4M7.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$7.2M2.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Aviation Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

211.3MFY2021
220.2MFY2022
219.4MFY2023
236.3MFY2024
263MFY2025
259.3MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Cambridge, OH

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Guernsey CountyCentral county3138,379

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

CambridgePrincipal city10,060

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Ohio

Areas based in Ohio, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Cambridge, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Cambridge, OH

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Ohio

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought