Scores by category

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

Safety89#104/924
Economy73#255/925
Housing94#57/925
Health50#465/925
Healthcare26#687/923
Environment25#686/917
Education30#648/925
Infrastructure37#584/925
Community40#556/925
Leisure & amenities40#558/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.394
99/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Severe housing problems · low8.2%
99/100Ohio 12.7%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · low8.0%
97/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Rent as share of income · low23.4%
96/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Violent crime rate · low75 /100k
95/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Ohio 5.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low21 /100k
2/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low5.2 /10k
8/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · high43.0%
8/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · low51.7%
9/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Dentists · low34 /100k
10/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low1.3 /10k
11/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drug overdose deathsImproving
33.5 /100k (2021) → 9.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−72%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.0 /1k (2020) → 9.7 /1k (2025)
+61%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−50%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Violent crime rateImproving
147 /100k (2020) → 75 /100k (2025)
−49%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
5,109 /100k (2019) → 3,019 /100k (2023)
−41%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Some collegeImproving
47.8% (2016-2020) → 55.5% (2019-2023)
+7.7 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%

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, Urbana, OH micropolitan area improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 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.

Improved15

Homicides−100%3.3 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Restaurants+17%4.4 /10k → 5.2 /10k
Overdose deaths−77%41.3 /100k → 9.3 /100k
Violent crime−49%147 /100k → 75 /100k
Traffic deaths−16%18.5 /100k → 15.5 /100k

Declined4

Firearm deaths+35%9.9 /100k → 13.4 /100k
Pharmacies−17%1.5 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Suicides+11%15.2 /100k → 16.8 /100k
Price / income+0.5×2.2× → 2.7×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Urbana, OH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.9 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	+6.4%	Improved	44%
Average commute time	25.3 min2015-2019	27.1 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Average weekly wage	$8642020	$1,0492025	+21%	Improved	33%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	83.6%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	9%
Child poverty rate	14.4%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−5 points	Improved	76%
Distance to an airport	29 mi2020	29 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	41.3 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−77%	Improved	98%
Effective property tax rate	1.13%2015-2019	1.07%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Firearm deaths	9.9 /100k2020	13.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+35%	Declined	15%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−0.2%	Little change	50%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−0.2%	Little change	41%
High school diploma or higher	91.2%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	45%
Homicide rate	3.3 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,0132019	$61,8772024	+32%	Improved	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3762015-2019	0.3942020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$60,1122015-2019	$75,5562020-2024	+26%	Improved	43%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	9.7 /1k2025	+61%	Improved	71%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	28%
Poverty rate	10.1%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Property crime rate	1,392 /100k2020	926 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	50%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+0.6%	Little change	68%
Rent as share of income	22.7%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent-burdened households	32.8%2015-2019	37.6%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Restaurants and bars	4.4 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	90%
Suicide rate	15.2 /100k2020	16.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Declined	37%
Traffic deaths	18.5 /100k2015-2019	15.5 /100k2020-2024	−16%	Improved	85%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	4.6%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.7%2015-2019	6.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Violent crime rate	147 /100k2020	75 /100k2025	−49%	Improved	93%

“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 Urbana, OH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Urbana, 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, Urbana, OH micropolitan area itself moved +0.9 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

38,804 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

15,646 households (±318)

Urbana, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k12%1,845
$25k–50k21%3,239
$50k–75k17%2,691

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,646 households (±318)

Urbana, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Own77%12,017
Rent23%3,629

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

18,327 workers (±582)

Urbana, OH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%14,847
Carpool7.5%1,371
Public transit0.1%†13

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 Urbana, 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.

Urbana, OH has 566 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248), with 8,605 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,418. The Census Bureau also counts 2,663 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 566; 2,663 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248
Paid employees: 8,605
Average annual pay: $51,418; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	45	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	672	$16,185	15
Religious organizations	32	8.3	1.49×More than typical	116	$16,888	—
Ambulatory health care services	31	8	0.38×Fewer than typical	175	$71,994	125
Specialty trade contractors	27	7	0.45×Fewer than typical	152	$54,026	285
Services to buildings and dwellings	26	6.7	1.00×About typical	467	$62,379	179
Construction of buildings	23	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	58	$32,207	145
Limited-service restaurants	21	5.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	431	$15,749	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	5.2	1.02×About typical	93	$42,452	54
Lessors of real estate	20	5.2	0.42×Fewer than typical	53	$40,245	176
Full-service restaurants	15	3.9	0.50×Fewer than typical	177	$17,311	5
Landscaping services	15	3.9	1.11×About typical	432	$66,141	77
Truck transportation	15	3.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	82	$47,122	86

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,750 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 $18.4M on contracts performed in Urbana, OH micropolitan area: $474 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18.4M; −31% vs FY2025
Per resident: $474; US $1,994
Sole-source: 60%; US 30%
Single offer: 37%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$16.4M89%
Department of the Navy$957.4K

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 $250.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Urbana, OH micropolitan area: $6,454 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $250.5M; −0.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,454; US $12,955
Loan face value: $20M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 5.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$153.7M61%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$23.7M9.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$18.2M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$17M6.8%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$7.4M3.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.5M2.2%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.5M1.4%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$2.7M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6M2.4%
COLUMBUS, OH
SHELBY METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.2M0.9%
SIDNEY, OH
CITY OF URBANA$1.2M0.5%
URBANA, OH
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD$1.1M0.4%
SPRINGFIELD, OH
MIAMI VALLEY EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER ASSOCIATION$830.7K

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$199.8M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$20.8M8.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$10.5M4.2%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$6M2.4%
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

203.4MFY2021
190.8MFY2022
202.9MFY2023
218.8MFY2024
250.7MFY2025
250.5MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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 Urbana, 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.

Champaign CountyCentral county5938,820

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

UrbanaPrincipal city11,204

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

Improved15

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Urbana, 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

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Urbana, 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

Improved15

Declined4

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

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards