Scores by category

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

Safety78#202/924
Economy77#209/925
Housing98#16/925
Health56#407/925
Healthcare46#500/923
Environment31#633/917
Education82#167/925
Infrastructure85#136/925
Community62#356/925
Leisure & amenities37#581/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

High school diploma or higher · high95.8%
97/100Ohio 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Severe housing problems · low8.9%
97/100Ohio 12.7%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low36.7%
93/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Lack of reliable transportation · low7.0%
90/100Ohio 8.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low18.0 min
90/100Ohio 23.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Child poverty rate · low10.1%
89/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.6%
6/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high16.3 mi
6/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high39.3%
9/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
14/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · low0.1%
16/100Ohio 1.0%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.7 /10k
27/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
1.6 /1k (2021) → 7.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+345%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
8% (2021) → 45% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+38 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
5.6 /1k (2020) → 10.0 /1k (2025)
+79%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.7% (2020 & 2021) → 39.3% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Firearm deathsWorsening
8.5 /100k (2021) → 13.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+58%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

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, Findlay, OH micropolitan area improved on 12 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 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.

Improved12

Real income+40%$56,889 → $79,419
New businesses+79%5.6 /1k → 10.0 /1k
Traffic deaths−21%15.6 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Grocery stores+11%1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Overdose deaths−38%28.0 /100k → 17.4 /100k

Declined7

Firearm deaths+46%9.2 /100k → 13.4 /100k
Pharmacies−30%1.3 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Uninsured+1.9 points4.9% → 6.9%
Restaurants−13%9.3 /10k → 8.1 /10k
Violent crime+5.8%146 /100k → 154 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Findlay, OH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.7 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	−3.7%	Little change	23%
Average commute time	17.3 min2015-2019	18.0 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	37%
Average weekly wage	$1,1022020	$1,2472025	+13%	Improved	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%2015-2019	30.3%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	60%
Broadband subscriptions	85.2%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	13.6%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Improved	63%
Distance to an airport	79 mi2020	79 mi2025	+1 mi	Little change	4%
Drug overdose deaths	28.0 /100k2020	17.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−38%	Improved	66%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	72%
Firearm deaths	9.2 /100k2020	13.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+46%	Declined	10%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	79%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	20%
High school diploma or higher	92.5%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	72%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,8892019	$79,4192024	+40%	Improved	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4252020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$58,4502015-2019	$73,1412020-2024	+25%	Improved	39%
New business applications	5.6 /1k2020	10.0 /1k2025	+79%	Improved	87%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−30%	Declined	9%
Poverty rate	10.8%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Property crime rate	1,394 /100k2020	1,018 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	35%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	+1.2%	Little change	72%
Rent as share of income	25.3%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	37.5%2015-2019	36.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Restaurants and bars	9.3 /10k2020	8.1 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	7%
Suicide rate	17.3 /100k2020	17.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+0.6%	Little change	60%
Traffic deaths	15.6 /100k2015-2019	12.3 /100k2020-2024	−21%	Improved	89%
Unemployment rate	7.3%2020	4.4%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.9%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	9%
Violent crime rate	146 /100k2020	154 /100k2025	+5.8%	Declined	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 Findlay, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Findlay, 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, Findlay, OH micropolitan area itself moved −1.7 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

74,866 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

31,615 households (±413)

Findlay, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k13%4,117
$25k–50k21%6,592
$50k–75k17%5,483

Homes

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

Owners and renters

31,615 households (±413)

Findlay, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own71%22,380
Rent29%9,235

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

36,946 workers (±877)

Findlay, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%29,050
Carpool8.1%3,010
Public transit0.1%†29

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 Findlay, 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.

Findlay, OH has 1,691 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248), with 41,210 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,155. The Census Bureau also counts 5,040 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,691; 5,040 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248
Paid employees: 41,210
Average annual pay: $59,155; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	149	19.9	1.09×About typical	3,617	$19,349	29
Ambulatory health care services	128	17.1	0.82×About typical	2,404	$62,581	190
Limited-service restaurants	80	10.7	1.34×More than typical	1,820	$18,047	18
Specialty trade contractors	80	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	553	$71,307	352
Religious organizations	66	8.8	1.59×More than typical	566	$23,246	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	56	7.5	1.11×About typical	463	$30,391	281
Full-service restaurants	50	6.7	0.87×About typical	1,501	$21,089	4
Lessors of real estate	46	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	260	$40,019	562
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	5.6	1.12×About typical	214	$43,093	62
Truck transportation	38	5.1	1.01×About typical	625	$60,539	114
Insurance agencies and brokerages	37	5	1.13×About typical	135	$60,341	86
Offices of other health practitioners	35	4.7	0.77×Fewer than typical	232	$43,263	88

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 74,707 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 $526.3M on contracts performed in Findlay, OH micropolitan area: $7,015 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $526.3M; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,015; 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$525.2M99.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$525.1K0.1%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$494.4K0.1%
Federal Aviation Administration$120K0.0%
Department of the Navy$10.4K0.0%

Top recipients

MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP$521.6M99%
CAP 360 LLC$2.7M0.5%
AIRBORNE OUTFITTERS LLC$1.4M0.3%
BLANCHARD VALLEY CONTINUING CARE SERVICES$507.1K0.1%
CONTROL INDUSTRIES INC$120K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

261.8KFY2017
1.2MFY2018
628KFY2019
25.4MFY2020
12.1MFY2021
93.6MFY2022
362.6MFY2023
296.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$521.6M99%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$1M0.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$584.1K0.1%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$581.2K0.1%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$538.8K0.1%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$507.1K

Largest awards

8512117928!DISTILLATE,NAVAL$42.5M
MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP· Hancock County, OH· Fuel· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· SPE60226FC85H
8512044785!DISTILLATE,NAVAL$33.9M
MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP· Hancock County, OH· Fuel· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· SPE60226FC71V
8511954854!DISTILLATE,NAVAL$27.3M
MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP· Hancock County, OH· Fuel· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· SPE60226FC56C
PROCURE N99 RESPIRATORS IN SUPPORT OF THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE EFFORTS.$23.3M

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 $452.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Findlay, OH micropolitan area: $6,033 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $452.7M; −5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,033; US $12,955
Loan face value: $17M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$300.5M66%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$39.5M8.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$29.8M6.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$24.4M5.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.2M2.0%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$9M2.0%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$7M1.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$4.1M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$15.8M3.5%
COLUMBUS, OH
HANCOCK METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$4.2M0.9%
FINDLAY, OH
UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY$4M0.9%
FINDLAY, OH
HANCOCK-HARDIN-WYANDOT-PUTNAM COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION$3.7M0.8%
FINDLAY, OH
HANCOCK COUNTY ADAMHS BOARD

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$378.9M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$28M6.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$15.8M3.5%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$10.4M2.3%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

373.5MFY2021
370.9MFY2022
405.3MFY2023
430.1MFY2024
476.4MFY2025
452.7MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

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 Findlay, 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.

Hancock CountyCentral county7675,034

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

FindlayPrincipal city40,287

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

Improved12

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Findlay, 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

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Findlay, 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

Improved12

Declined7

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

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought