Metro area · Ohio

Sandusky, OH metro area

Sandusky, OH is a metropolitan area of 2 counties in Ohio, home to 112,777 residents. Sandusky, OH metro area has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #210 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Ohio it ranks #2 of 41. It ranks best on restaurants and bars (high), arts, entertainment and recreation (high) and violent crime rate (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), high ozone days (high) and unemployment rate (high).

77High
Quality-of-life score
#210 of 925 metro and micro areas
Ohio
#2 of 41 in OH
Population
112,777 (2025)
Land area
506 mi²
Density
222.9 /mi²
CBSA code
41780

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 67 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Sandusky, OH metro area

Scores by category

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

  • Safety81#179/924
  • Economy53#434/925
  • Housing90#89/925
  • Health59#384/925
  • Healthcare62#353/923
  • Environment24#699/917
  • Education71#268/925
  • Infrastructure75#235/925
  • Community77#210/925
  • Leisure & amenities85#144/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sandusky, OH metro 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 Sandusky, OH metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sandusky, OH metro 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 Sandusky, 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. Erie CountyCentral county7673,296
  2. Ottawa CountyCentral county8039,481

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. SanduskyPrincipal city24,606

Largest cities and towns

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

  1. Sandusky24,606
  2. Huron6,757
  3. Port Clinton5,970
  4. Oak Harbor2,314
  5. Genoa1,872
  6. Milan1,774
  7. Elmore1,643
  8. Curtice1,535
  9. Castalia1,230
  10. Berlin Heights1,089
  11. Marblehead876
  12. Bay View622
  13. Lakeside508
  14. Clay Center388
  15. Whites Landing386
  16. Bloomingville302
  17. Williston287
  18. Rocky Ridge282
  19. Mitiwanga228
  20. Birmingham132
  21. Kelleys Island128
  22. Beulah Beach126
  23. Put-in-Bay126
  24. Crystal Rock104

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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