Micro area · Ohio

Portsmouth, OH micropolitan area

Portsmouth, OH is a micropolitan area of 1 county in Ohio, home to 71,365 residents. Portsmouth, OH micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #839 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Ohio it ranks #41 of 41. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), drought exposure (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), drug overdose deaths (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

9Very low
Quality-of-life score
#839 of 925 metro and micro areas
Ohio
#41 of 41 in OH
Population
71,365 (2025)
Land area
610 mi²
Density
117.0 /mi²
CBSA code
39020

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Portsmouth, OH micropolitan area

Scores by category

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

  • Safety39#560/924
  • Economy2#903/925
  • Housing16#780/925
  • Health0#925/925
  • Healthcare53#437/923
  • Environment36#584/917
  • Education17#770/925
  • Infrastructure7#859/925
  • Community29#655/925
  • Leisure & amenities34#615/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Portsmouth, 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.

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).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

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.

Federal contract spending

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.

Counties in Portsmouth, 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.

  1. Scioto CountyCentral county2071,365

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. PortsmouthPrincipal city17,728

Largest cities and towns

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

  1. Portsmouth17,728
  2. Wheelersburg6,313
  3. West Portsmouth2,605
  4. New Boston2,470
  5. Rosemount2,199
  6. Franklin Furnace1,594
  7. Lucasville1,527
  8. South Webster873
  9. Clarktown802
  10. Sciotodale794
  11. McDermott423
  12. Minford379
  13. Friendship353
  14. Rarden172
  15. Otway83

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.

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