Metro area · Ohio

Toledo, OH metro area

Toledo, OH is a metropolitan area of 3 counties in Ohio, home to 599,376 residents. Toledo, OH metro area has a quality-of-life score of 48 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #483 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Ohio it ranks #21 of 41. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), high ozone days (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

48Moderate
Quality-of-life score
#483 of 925 metro and micro areas
Ohio
#21 of 41 in OH
Population
599,376 (2025)
Land area
1,362 mi²
Density
440.0 /mi²
CBSA code
45780

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Toledo, OH metro area

Scores by category

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

  • Safety14#795/924
  • Economy31#637/925
  • Housing66#317/925
  • Health37#583/925
  • Healthcare87#118/923
  • Environment2#902/917
  • Education72#262/925
  • Infrastructure80#186/925
  • Community42#540/925
  • Leisure & amenities61#359/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Toledo, 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 Toledo, 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. Lucas CountyCentral county40423,347
  2. Wood CountyCentral county80134,176
  3. Fulton CountyOutlying county7141,853

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. ToledoPrincipal city267,463

Largest cities and towns

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

  1. Toledo267,463
  2. Bowling Green29,983
  3. Perrysburg25,181
  4. Oregon19,799
  5. Sylvania19,055
  6. Maumee13,715
  7. Wauseon7,505
  8. Rossford6,323
  9. Waterville6,017
  10. Northwood5,193
  11. Ottawa Hills4,798
  12. Whitehouse4,642
  13. Archbold4,397
  14. Swanton4,098
  15. North Baltimore3,584
  16. Delta3,137
  17. Walbridge3,034
  18. Weston1,638
  19. Holland1,438
  20. Pemberville1,371
  21. Haskins1,291
  22. Millbury1,259
  23. Bradner1,053
  24. Fayette969

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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