Scores by category

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

Safety95#47/924
Economy43#525/925
Housing39#561/925
Health34#610/925
Healthcare77#210/923
Environment28#665/917
Education56#411/925
Infrastructure33#618/925
Community85#143/925
Leisure & amenities12#812/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Drought exposure · low1%
96/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · high57.0%
94/100Ohio 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low494 /100k
93/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · low89 /100k
93/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · low10.4%
88/100Ohio 12.7%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low0.1 /1k
4/100Ohio 2.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Public EV charging ports · low0.7 /10k
5/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · high43.9%
5/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low6.2 /10k
16/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Depression · high27.5%
17/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
55.0% (2010 & 2021) → 78.8% (2022 & 2024)
+24 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Homicide rateImproving
4.4 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.3% (2015-2019) → 87.5% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
5.2 /1k (2020) → 8.8 /1k (2025)
+68%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
30.3 /100k (2021) → 11.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
199 /100k (2021) → 315 /100k (2025)
+58%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /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, Marietta, OH micropolitan area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 9 moved within the margin of error and 3 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.

Improved14

Homicides−100%4.4 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Broadband+14 points73.3% → 87.5%
Traffic deaths−21%13.2 /100k → 10.5 /100k
Suicides−14%20.1 /100k → 17.2 /100k
Overdose deaths−57%26.8 /100k → 11.6 /100k

Declined5

Gyms−42%1.2 /10k → 0.7 /10k
Restaurants−12%7.0 /10k → 6.2 /10k
Grocery stores−11%1.3 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Pharmacies−15%2.0 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Price / income+0.3×2.6× → 2.9×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Marietta, OH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.5 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+9%	Improved	50%
Average commute time	23.0 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Average weekly wage	$9642020	$1,1812025	+23%	Improved	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	56%
Broadband subscriptions	73.3%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	88%
Child poverty rate	19.3%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Distance to an airport	83 mi2020	83 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	22%
Drug overdose deaths	26.8 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−57%	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Firearm deaths	16.8 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Improved	72%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	23%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−42%	Declined	6%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	73%
Homicide rate	4.4 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,3062019	$65,0932024	+32%	Improved	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4582015-2019	0.4452020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$50,0212015-2019	$63,6032020-2024	+27%	Improved	51%
New business applications	5.2 /1k2020	8.8 /1k2025	+68%	Improved	79%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−15%	Declined	33%
Poverty rate	14.2%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Property crime rate	912 /100k2020	494 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	78%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	+2.4%	Little change	78%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	49.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Restaurants and bars	7.0 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	8%
Suicide rate	20.1 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Improved	82%
Traffic deaths	13.2 /100k2015-2019	10.5 /100k2020-2024	−21%	Improved	88%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	4.9%2025	−3.4 points	Improved	63%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.9%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Violent crime rate	90 /100k2020	89 /100k2025	−0.6%	Little change	27%

“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 Marietta, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Marietta, 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, Marietta, OH micropolitan area itself moved +2.2 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

58,978 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

24,779 households (±372)

Marietta, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%4,683
$25k–50k22%5,389
$50k–75k16%4,041

Homes

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

Owners and renters

24,779 households (±372)

Marietta, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own75%18,680
Rent25%6,099

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

26,656 workers (±852)

Marietta, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%21,611
Carpool6.9%1,852
Public transit0.4%†105

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 Marietta, 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.

Marietta, OH has 1,378 employer establishments, 235 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248), with 23,113 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,057. The Census Bureau also counts 3,947 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,378; 3,947 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 235; US 248
Paid employees: 23,113
Average annual pay: $58,057; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	110	18.8	0.90×About typical	1,125	$59,934	200
Restaurants and other eating places	106	18.1	0.98×About typical	2,364	$16,829	10
Specialty trade contractors	91	15.5	1.00×About typical	1,087	$80,884	282
Limited-service restaurants	53	9	1.13×About typical	1,200	$16,825	—
Religious organizations	52	8.9	1.60×More than typical	208	$15,654	—
Truck transportation	52	8.9	1.75×More than typical	723	$60,982	109
Construction of buildings	43	7.3	0.97×About typical	386	$50,531	158
Full-service restaurants	41	7	0.91×About typical	940	$17,393	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	40	6.8	1.01×About typical	329	$44,644	242
Building equipment contractors	38	6.5	1.08×About typical	725	$90,826	40
Gasoline stations	35	6	1.84×More than typical	302	$27,444	—
Lessors of real estate	34	5.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	163	$30,000	369

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 58,637 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 $1.5M on contracts performed in Marietta, OH micropolitan area: $26.53 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.5M; −81% vs FY2025
Per resident: $26.53; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 24%; 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 the Army$1.3M85%
Department of Veterans Affairs$105.4K

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 $430.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Marietta, OH micropolitan area: $7,376 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $430.7M; −2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,376; US $12,955
Loan face value: $16.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$253.4M59%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$44.8M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$42.3M9.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$33.2M7.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.7M3.2%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$8.6M2.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.9M1.1%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$4.4M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$17.9M4.2%
COLUMBUS, OH
THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON-MORGAN COUNTIES$6.7M1.6%
MARIETTA, OH
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE OF OHIO$3.7M0.9%
MARIETTA, OH
MARIETTA COLLEGE$2.1M0.5%
MARIETTA, OH
METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

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$345.1M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$47.6M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$18.3M4.2%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$5.6M1.3%
Administration for Children and Families$3.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

377.8MFY2021
375.9MFY2022
393MFY2023
404.3MFY2024
439.4MFY2025
430.7MFY2026

County aggregates

92%

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 Marietta, 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.

Washington CountyCentral county5258,389

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

MariettaPrincipal city13,203

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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

Improved14

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Marietta, 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

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Marietta, 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

Improved14

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

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards