Scores by category

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

Safety76#226/924
Economy45#513/925
Housing59#377/925
Health29#654/925
Healthcare19#748/923
Environment18#748/917
Education20#737/925
Infrastructure22#718/925
Community55#415/925
Leisure & amenities46#503/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Ohio 9%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Social associations · high15.6 /10k
90/100Ohio 10.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.424
85/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
84/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low687 /100k
83/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · high$69,996
74/100Ohio $69,485United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Public transit commuters · low0.0%
3/100Ohio 1.0%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
6/100Ohio 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · high43.4%
7/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low34 /100k
8/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Some college · low49.1%
10/100Ohio 65.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · low33.0%
14/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Violent crime rateWorsening
98 /100k (2020) → 188 /100k (2025)
+92%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.6 /1k (2020) → 10.4 /1k (2025)
+85%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
21.8% (2020 & 2021) → 34.4% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
32.4 /100k (2021) → 13.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.3% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Suicide rateWorsening
14.0 /100k (2021) → 20.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+48%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /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, New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 9 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.

Improved10

Real income+45%$48,286 → $69,996
Libraries+8.8%1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New businesses+85%5.6 /1k → 10.4 /1k
Grocery stores+15%1.5 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Overdose deaths−58%31.1 /100k → 13.1 /100k

Declined8

Violent crime+92%98 /100k → 188 /100k
Gyms−39%0.5 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Homicides+13%2.3 /100k → 2.6 /100k
Suicides+20%17.2 /100k → 20.7 /100k
Firearm deaths+17%13.9 /100k → 16.3 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	+0.9%	Little change	31%
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	23.2 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	82%
Average weekly wage	$8112020	$1,0272025	+27%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	43%
Broadband subscriptions	75.3%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	19.0%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Distance to an airport	63 mi2020	63 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	24%
Drug overdose deaths	31.1 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−58%	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	1.14%2015-2019	1.01%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Firearm deaths	13.9 /100k2020	16.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Declined	26%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	84%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−39%	Declined	7%
High school diploma or higher	86.0%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	59%
Homicide rate	2.3 /100k2020	2.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	14%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,2862019	$69,9962024	+45%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4242020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	38%
Median household income	$53,2432015-2019	$65,0442020-2024	+22%	Improved	23%
New business applications	5.6 /1k2020	10.4 /1k2025	+85%	Improved	90%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−5.8%	Declined	56%
Poverty rate	12.8%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Property crime rate	712 /100k2020	687 /100k2025	−3.5%	Little change	8%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+8.8%	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	26.3%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent-burdened households	42.3%2015-2019	45.0%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	8.9 /10k2025	−6%	Declined	22%
Suicide rate	17.2 /100k2020	20.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+20%	Declined	25%
Traffic deaths	11.9 /100k2015-2019	11.9 /100k2020-2024	−0%	Little change	63%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	4.5%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.4%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Violent crime rate	98 /100k2020	188 /100k2025	+92%	Declined	1%

“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 New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Philadelphia-Dover, 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, New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area itself moved −2.5 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

92,385 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

38,492 households (±358)

New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%6,628
$25k–50k21%7,924
$50k–75k19%7,436

Homes

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

Owners and renters

38,492 households (±358)

New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own69%26,507
Rent31%11,985

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

41,683 workers (±832)

New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone80%33,503
Carpool6.8%2,848
Public transit0.0%†1

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 New Philadelphia-Dover, 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.

New Philadelphia-Dover, OH has 2,098 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248), with 31,958 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,354. The Census Bureau also counts 7,066 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,098; 7,066 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248
Paid employees: 31,958
Average annual pay: $49,354; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of New Philadelphia-Dover, OH by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	172	18.7	1.02×About typical	2,804	$19,178	27
Specialty trade contractors	152	16.5	1.07×About typical	923	$61,364	677
Ambulatory health care services	120	13	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,327	$47,237	189
Religious organizations	117	12.7	2.29×More than typical	577	$22,854	—
Full-service restaurants	75	8.2	1.06×About typical	1,351	$20,803	13
Limited-service restaurants	75	8.2	1.02×About typical	1,162	$18,190	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	68	7.4	1.47×More than typical	330	$40,818	134
Lessors of real estate	58	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	234	$40,081	770
Truck transportation	55	6	1.18×About typical	431	$63,441	212
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	5.9	0.87×About typical	228	$40,886	375
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	49	5.3	1.69×More than typical	249	$66,141	164
Building equipment contractors	48	5.2	0.87×About typical	408	$62,708	97

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 91,996 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 $3.4M on contracts performed in New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area: $36.46 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $3.4M; +15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $36.46; US $2,007
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; US 8.7%

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 Navy$1.9M56%
Defense Logistics Agency$699K21%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$470.7K14%
Department of the Army$156.8K4.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$130K3.9%
Department of the Air Force$27K0.8%
Department of State$1,2380.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

10MFY2017
4.6MFY2018
7.2MFY2019
8.6MFY2020
4.3MFY2021
5.2MFY2022
4.4MFY2023
6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills · 3133$1M30%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$1M30%
Converted paper product manufacturing · 3222$704.7K21%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$171.1K5.1%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$143.4K4.3%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$130K

Largest awards

REILLY TAR DATA GAP INVESTIGATION$2.8M
HGL-APTIM APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JV, LLC· Tuscarawas County, OH· Construction & real property· Jul 16, 2024 – Apr 23, 2026· W9123724F0062
BAG,PLASTIC$704.7K
RICH INDUSTRIES INC· Tuscarawas County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· N0010426PBT92
8511721452!CLOTH,LAMINATED$331.6K
SNYDER MANUFACTURING INC.· Tuscarawas County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 7, 2025· SPE1C126F0501
CLOTH$289.2K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 $538.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for New Philadelphia-Dover, OH micropolitan area: $5,828 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $538.3M; −4.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,828; US $12,975
Loan face value: $10.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$359.2M67%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$48M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$45.1M8.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$41.7M7.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.8M2.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.9M0.9%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$4.5M0.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$3.4M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$8.2M1.5%
COLUMBUS, OH
COUNTY OF TUSCARAWAS$3.9M0.7%
NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH
NEW PHILADELPHIA, CITY OF$1.1M0.2%
NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH
SPRINGVALE HEALTH CENTERS INC$814K0.2%
DOVER, OH
OME-RESA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

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$466.1M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$48.1M8.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$8.2M1.5%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$4.9M0.9%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$3.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

478.3MFY2021
479MFY2022
509.7MFY2023
525.4MFY2024
565.5MFY2025
538.3MFY2026

County aggregates

97%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in New Philadelphia-Dover, 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.

Tuscarawas CountyCentral county4292,373

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

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 2026-10-06
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

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like New Philadelphia-Dover, 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 New Philadelphia-Dover, 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

Declined8

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