Scores by category

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

Safety72#259/924
Economy68#294/925
Housing93#68/925
Health46#496/925
Healthcare43#524/923
Environment17#759/917
Education41#547/925
Infrastructure91#81/925
Community48#477/925
Leisure & amenities31#639/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low8.0%
99/100Ohio 12.7%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low36.1%
94/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low24.5%
93/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.1%
93/100Ohio 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.419
89/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Broadband subscriptions · high92.4%
88/100Ohio 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

Dentists · low29 /100k
5/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low113 /100k
13/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low23.5%
16/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
17/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low0.9 /1k
18/100Ohio 2.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
New business applications · low9.1 /1k
22/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
4.4 /1k (2020) → 9.1 /1k (2025)
+109%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 11% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.6% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
27.1 /100k (2021) → 12.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,660 /100k (2020) → 910 /100k (2025)
−45%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
1.6 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−40%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, Sidney, OH micropolitan area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 4 moved within the margin of error and 6 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

New businesses+109%4.4 /1k → 9.1 /1k
Restaurants+13%6.6 /10k → 7.5 /10k
Overdose deaths−63%35.3 /100k → 12.9 /100k
Traffic deaths−17%17.6 /100k → 14.6 /100k
Property crime−45%1,660 /100k → 910 /100k

Declined7

Poverty+2.8 points8.8% → 11.6%
Child poverty+5.2 points11.5% → 16.6%
Inequality+0.0270.392 → 0.419
Rent / income+3.5 points21.0% → 24.5%
Grocery stores−17%1.2 /10k → 1.0 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Sidney, 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	+8.5%	Improved	49%
Average commute time	18.4 min2015-2019	19.0 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Average weekly wage	$1,0252020	$1,2222025	+19%	Improved	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Improved	46%
Broadband subscriptions	81.6%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	69%
Child poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Declined	4%
Distance to an airport	29 mi2020	29 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	24%
Drug overdose deaths	35.3 /100k2020	12.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−63%	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	53%
Firearm deaths	11.8 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Declined	33%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	14%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	70%
High school diploma or higher	90.2%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	40%
Homicide rate	3.1 /100k2020	3.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0%	Little change	23%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,4602019	$65,2402024	+29%	Improved	31%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.4192020-2024	+0.027	Declined	8%
Median household income	$63,8062015-2019	$73,9782020-2024	+16%	Improved	6%
New business applications	4.4 /1k2020	9.1 /1k2025	+109%	Improved	96%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+0.2%	Little change	73%
Poverty rate	8.8%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Declined	3%
Property crime rate	1,660 /100k2020	910 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	76%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+1.3%	Little change	73%
Rent as share of income	21.0%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Declined	8%
Rent-burdened households	31.1%2015-2019	36.1%2020-2024	+5 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Restaurants and bars	6.6 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	84%
Suicide rate	15.2 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.9%	Little change	52%
Traffic deaths	17.6 /100k2015-2019	14.6 /100k2020-2024	−17%	Improved	86%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	4.2%2025	−3.3 points	Improved	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Violent crime rate	240 /100k2020	178 /100k2025	−26%	Improved	68%

“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 Sidney, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sidney, 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, Sidney, OH micropolitan area itself moved +0.5 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

47,929 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

18,906 households (±316)

Sidney, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k11%2,080
$25k–50k21%3,991
$50k–75k19%3,564

Homes

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

Owners and renters

18,906 households (±316)

Sidney, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own74%13,930
Rent26%4,976

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

23,208 workers (±594)

Sidney, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone83%19,343
Carpool9.8%2,264
Public transit0.2%†56

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 Sidney, 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.

Sidney, OH has 989 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248), with 24,487 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,679. The Census Bureau also counts 3,211 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 989; 3,211 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248
Paid employees: 24,487
Average annual pay: $60,679; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	82	17.2	1.11×About typical	1,027	$74,651	266
Ambulatory health care services	75	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	616	$68,985	167
Restaurants and other eating places	71	14.9	0.81×About typical	1,338	$16,286	15
Religious organizations	39	8.2	1.47×More than typical	233	$19,133	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	37	7.7	4.85×More than typical	1,136	$61,448	14
Truck transportation	33	6.9	1.37×More than typical	960	$61,104	92
Building equipment contractors	31	6.5	1.08×About typical	806	$79,976	52
Full-service restaurants	30	6.3	0.82×About typical	534	$16,511	5
Offices of physicians	30	6.3	0.97×About typical	236	$88,665	15
Construction of buildings	29	6.1	0.80×About typical	367	$70,460	101
Lessors of real estate	29	6.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	62	$27,726	492
Limited-service restaurants	29	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	672	$17,527	7

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,786 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 $2.3M on contracts performed in Sidney, OH micropolitan area: $48.36 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.3M; +1,438% vs FY2025
Per resident: $48.36; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.6%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$2.2M93%
Defense Logistics Agency$107.2K4.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$47.6K2.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

286.1KFY2017
219.2KFY2018
286.5KFY2019
416.9KFY2020
415.4KFY2021
550.3KFY2022
122.1KFY2023
271.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$2.2M93%
Metalworking machinery manufacturing · 3335$107.2K4.6%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$47.6K2.0%

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011365/4100034566/EGGS 15 DOZEN$2.2M
COOPER FARMS INC· Shelby County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 8, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 123J1426C1506
VR&E AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FOR VETERAN BENEFICIARY$47.6K
KOENIG EQUIPMENT INC· Shelby County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· 36C10D26P0043
8511686357!IPE - COMPONENTS (2)$35.4K
MONARCH LATHES LP· Shelby County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 17, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· SPE4A826P0009
8511929511!IPE - COMPONENTS (2)$32.6K

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 $276.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sidney, OH micropolitan area: $5,753 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $276.5M; −4.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,753; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$189.1M68%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$25.7M9.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$18.6M6.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.7M6.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$6.3M2.3%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$5.4M2.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3M1.1%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$2.2M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.4M2.0%
COLUMBUS, OH
MIDWEST REGIONAL ESC$1.5M0.5%
SIDNEY, OH
SIDNEY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LTD.$449.1K0.2%
SIDNEY, OH
CEDARWOOD COMMONS$232.1K0.1%
LANCASTER, OH
SHELBY METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$184.9K

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$239.6M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$21.1M7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$6.1M2.2%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$5.4M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$1.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

234.1MFY2021
245.3MFY2022
250.5MFY2023
269.2MFY2024
288.7MFY2025
276.5MFY2026

County aggregates

95%

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 Sidney, 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.

Shelby CountyCentral county6848,065

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

SidneyPrincipal city20,501

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

Improved14

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Sidney, 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 Sidney, 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

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 buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type