Scores by category

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

Safety91#82/924
Economy89#104/925
Housing96#39/925
Health77#213/925
Healthcare31#634/923
Environment11#815/917
Education67#306/925
Infrastructure91#83/925
Community74#240/925
Leisure & amenities50#459/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low13 /100k
100/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low281 /100k
99/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · low7.3%
98/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Severe housing problems · low8.5%
98/100Ohio 12.7%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.403
97/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child poverty rate · low7.1%
97/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high3,914 /100k
11/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-2.4%
11/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Distance to an emergency room · high11.9 mi
13/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low117 /100k
14/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Dentists · low38 /100k
15/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · low0.1%
17/100Ohio 1.0%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 49% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+49 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.9 /10k (2025)
+99%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Violent crime rateImproving
69 /100k (2018) → 13 /100k (2025)
−82%7 yearsUS 375 /100k → 328 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
58.6% (2010 & 2021) → 72.1% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
5.8 /1k (2020) → 8.9 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$55,795 (2019) → $82,285 (2024)
+47%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

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, Celina, OH micropolitan area improved on 10 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 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.

Improved10

Gyms+99%0.5 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Real income+47%$55,795 → $82,285
Pharmacies+19%1.2 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Overdose deaths−55%19.9 /100k → 9.0 /100k
Bachelor's++3.6 points18.3% → 21.9%

Declined6

Traffic deaths+38%13.7 /100k → 18.9 /100k
Firearm deaths+23%9.5 /100k → 11.7 /100k
Grocery stores−13%1.9 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Suicides+16%13.1 /100k → 15.2 /100k
Airport+5 mi43 mi → 47 mi

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Celina, OH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−0.5%	Little change	28%
Average commute time	18.7 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Average weekly wage	$8272020	$1,0242025	+24%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	71%
Broadband subscriptions	83.8%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	33%
Child poverty rate	9.0%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Distance to an airport	43 mi2020	47 mi2025	+5 mi	Declined	3%
Drug overdose deaths	19.9 /100k2020	9.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−55%	Improved	86%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	63%
Firearm deaths	9.5 /100k2020	11.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Declined	22%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	19%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+99%	Improved	96%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	69%
Homicide rate	3.4 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.9%	Little change	25%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,7952019	$82,2852024	+47%	Improved	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3932015-2019	0.4032020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	30%
Median household income	$62,9522015-2019	$76,7822020-2024	+22%	Improved	21%
New business applications	5.8 /1k2020	8.9 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	62%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	6.4%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Public libraries	1.7 /10k2019	1.6 /10k2024	−3%	Little change	38%
Rent as share of income	21.5%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Rent-burdened households	32.4%2015-2019	36.6%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Restaurants and bars	10.3 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	−5%	Little change	26%
Suicide rate	13.1 /100k2020	15.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Declined	30%
Traffic deaths	13.7 /100k2015-2019	18.9 /100k2020-2024	+38%	Declined	12%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	3.4%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	26%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.2%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“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 Celina, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Celina, 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, Celina, OH micropolitan area itself moved +1 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

42,484 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

16,408 households (±243)

Celina, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k13%2,166
$25k–50k19%3,176
$50k–75k16%2,676

Homes

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

Owners and renters

16,408 households (±243)

Celina, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own80%13,053
Rent20%3,355

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

21,371 workers (±577)

Celina, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone87%18,664
Carpool5.6%1,202
Public transit0.1%†20

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 Celina, 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.

Celina, OH has 1,050 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248), with 17,679 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,686. The Census Bureau also counts 3,106 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,050; 3,106 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248
Paid employees: 17,679
Average annual pay: $47,686; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	83	19.6	1.27×More than typical	682	$60,235	249
Restaurants and other eating places	81	19.1	1.04×About typical	1,227	$15,047	13
Truck transportation	64	15.1	2.99×More than typical	2,985	$49,366	129
Ambulatory health care services	59	13.9	0.67×Fewer than typical	675	$67,905	101
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	9.9	1.97×More than typical	204	$42,235	68
Full-service restaurants	36	8.5	1.11×About typical	544	$13,704	5
Limited-service restaurants	35	8.3	1.03×About typical	601	$16,060	—
Building equipment contractors	34	8	1.33×More than typical	340	$60,353	34
Construction of buildings	34	8	1.06×About typical	452	$53,142	116
Religious organizations	34	8	1.45×More than typical	247	$16,603	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	24	5.7	3.55×More than typical	359	$57,808	18
Banks and credit unions	23	5.4	1.68×More than typical	205	$60,112	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 42,360 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 $2.7M on contracts performed in Celina, OH micropolitan area: $62.95 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.7M; +16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $62.95; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$2.7M100.0%
Department of the Navy$6650.0%

Top recipients

CELINA TENT INC$2.7M100%
COMPOSTING SME, LLC-$0.200.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.2MFY2017
390.7KFY2018
7.2MFY2019
5.4MFY2020
1.7MFY2021
1.2MFY2022
1.2MFY2023
1.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other textile product mills · 3149$2.7M100.0%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$6650.0%

Largest awards

8512155402!TARPAULIN$1.3M
CELINA TENT INC· Mercer County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· SPE1C126F4571
8512029497!TARPAULIN$544.3K
CELINA TENT INC· Mercer County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· SPE1C126F3649
8511843523!TARPAULIN$272.2K
CELINA TENT INC· Mercer County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026· SPE1C126F1543
8511678752!TARPAULIN$245.8K

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 $250.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Celina, OH micropolitan area: $5,863 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $250.6M; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,863; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$179.6M72%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$17.1M6.8%

Counties in Celina, 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.

Mercer CountyCentral county8842,737

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

CelinaPrincipal city10,903

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
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
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

Improved10

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Celina, 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

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Counties in Celina, 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

Improved10

Declined6

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 buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

What was bought

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates