Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety81#585/3,096
Economy64#1,145/3,143
Housing57#1,360/3,140
Health57#1,352/3,144
Healthcare61#1,238/3,143
Environment53#1,470/3,108
Education60#1,250/3,144
Infrastructure71#920/3,144
Community50#1,557/3,144
Leisure & amenities30#2,206/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Knox County, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low2%
92/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Hot days · low5 days
86/100Ohio 11 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Traffic deaths · low9.8 /100k
84/100Ohio 10.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.418
84/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Injury deaths · low74 /100k
84/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low18.3
81/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high42.4%
4/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · high198 min
11/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
17/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Depression · high26.8%
21/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High ozone days · high1 days
23/100Ohio 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Loneliness · high34.6%
23/100Ohio 36.0%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.1% (2020 & 2021) → 42.4% (2023 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
56.3% (2010 & 2021) → 68.3% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Mammography screeningImproving
36.0% (2019) → 48.0% (2023)
+12 pts4 yearsUS 43.0% → 46.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
27.2 /100k (2021) → 11.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.4 /1k (2020) → 9.8 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.3 /10k (2020) → 0.5 /10k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k

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, Knox County, Ohio improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Students / teacher−2.7×17.7× → 15.0×
Overdose deaths−51%23.9 /100k → 11.6 /100k
Weekly wage+26%$880 → $1,111
New businesses+54%6.4 /1k → 9.8 /1k
Real income+33%$49,650 → $66,008

Declined2

Inequality+0.0230.395 → 0.418
Price / income+0.5×2.7× → 3.2×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Knox County, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.7 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+9.7%	Within the margin of error	58%
Average commute time	26.8 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	−1.2 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$8802020	$1,1112025	+26%	Improved	66%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	80.0%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	44%
Child poverty rate	16.7%2019	12.9%2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Distance to an airport	37 mi2020	37 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	23.9 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	63%
Firearm deaths	9.3 /100k2020	12.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+38%	Within the margin of error	11%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	26%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	+47%	Within the margin of error	85%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	33%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,6502019	$66,0082024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.023	Declined	21%
Median household income	$59,9572019	$72,3052024	+21%	Improved	27%
New business applications	6.4 /1k2020	9.8 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	62%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−39%	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	11.3%2019	10.7%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Property crime rate	579 /100k2020	414 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	37%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent as share of income	26.5%2015-2019	27.4%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	43.8%2015-2019	45.6%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Restaurants and bars	5.6 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	76%
Students per teacher	17.7×2019	15.0×2024	−2.7×	Improved	93%
Suicide rate	13.5 /100k2020	22.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+64%	Within the margin of error	4%
Traffic deaths	13.0 /100k2015-2019	9.8 /100k2020-2024	−24%	Within the margin of error	82%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	4.5%2025	−1.9 points	Improved	33%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.8%2019	9.1%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Violent crime rate	108 /100k2020	130 /100k2025	+20%	Within the margin of error	19%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Knox County, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Knox County, Ohio 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, Knox County, Ohio itself moved −3.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

63,142 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

63,142 residents

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

White93%58,688
Black0.9%557
Hispanic or Latino2.0%1,288
Asian0.8%492
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†8
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†1
Other or two or more races3.3%2,108

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−2.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

41,724 residents (±172)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma9.0%3,739
High school or GED38%15,812
Some college18%7,716
Associate degree10.0%4,170
Bachelor's degree15%6,365
Graduate degree9.4%3,922

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+2.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

23,491 households (±411)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k13%2,958
$25k–50k20%4,779
$50k–75k18%4,246
$75k–100k15%3,432
$100k–150k18%4,316
$150k–200k8.5%1,988
$200k or more7.5%1,772

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−7.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

23,491 households (±411)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Own76%17,739
Rent24%5,752

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

5,119 households (±505)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75027%1,368
$750–1,00029%1,504
$1,000–1,50037%1,882

Home values

17,739 homes (±566)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k20%3,575
$150k–250k33%5,898
$250k–400k27%4,848

Age of homes

26,078 homes (±54)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later5.9%1,547
2000–200914%3,554
1980–199922%5,782

Size of homes

26,078 homes (±54)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio1.0%†263
1 bedroom5.7%1,486
2 bedrooms20%5,234

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

28,827 workers (±844)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone74%21,276
Carpool6.9%1,992
Public transit0.2%†68
Walk4.0%1,162
Bike0.1%†16
Work from home14%3,953
Other1.2%†360

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

24,874 workers (±943)

Knox County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min36%9,012
15–29 min30%7,552
30–44 min12%3,033

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Mount Vernon, OH

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.

Knox County has 1,121 employer establishments, 177 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Ohio's), with 17,629 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,744. The Census Bureau also counts 5,288 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,121; 5,288 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 177; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 17,629
Average annual pay: $49,744; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	88	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	1,494	$19,070	16
Specialty trade contractors	87	13.8	0.89×About typical	497	$60,648	665
Ambulatory health care services	64	10.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	520	$50,212	215
Religious organizations	60	9.5	1.71×More than typical	233	$23,082	—
Limited-service restaurants	52	8.2	1.03×About typical	939	$18,250	4
Lessors of real estate	48	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	115	$35,643	382
Building equipment contractors	39	6.2	1.03×About typical	294	$60,844	105
Construction of buildings	32	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	137	$50,591	344
Services to buildings and dwellings	30	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	155	$34,419	334
Truck transportation	29	4.6	0.91×About typical	132	$63,667	173
Full-service restaurants	26	4.1	0.54×Fewer than typical	469	$21,134	4
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	24	3.8	1.15×About typical	226	$62,779	53

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 63,186 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.
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 $0 on contracts performed in Knox County, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

122KFY2017
170.1KFY2018
85.1KFY2019
213.1KFY2020
40.6KFY2021
132.7KFY2022
9.7KFY2023
161.5KFY2024
32.6KFY2025

What was bought

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.

Explore contracts in Knox County, Ohio

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 $381.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Knox County, Ohio: $5,961 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $381.5M; −2.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,961; US $12,955
Loan face value: $23.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$249.1M65%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.4M8.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$30.6M8.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$27.1M7.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.9M2.3%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$5.5M1.4%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.4M1.1%
20.265 · Carbon Reduction Program$2.5M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$8.1M2.1%
COLUMBUS, OH
KNOX METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$4.9M1.3%
MOUNT VERNON, OH
MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$3.2M0.8%
MOUNT VERNON, OH
KENYON COLLEGE$2.8M0.7%
GAMBIER, OH
MORROW, COUNTY OF$1M

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$316.4M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$34.7M9.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$8.1M2.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$5.9M1.5%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

309MFY2021
299.1MFY2022
323.9MFY2023
346.8MFY2024
392.3MFY2025
381.5MFY2026

County aggregates

92%

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.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Knox County, Ohio compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Knox County, Ohio
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$1.99	$1,436
FY2018	$2.75	$1,552
FY2019	$1.37	$1,654
FY2020	$3.39	$1,880
FY2021	$0.65	$1,810
FY2022	$2.10	$1,917
FY2023	$0.15	$2,079
FY2024	$2.54	$2,047
FY2025	$0.51	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$1.32	$93.28
FY2018	$1.92	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0.44	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$388	$5,748
FY2022	$171	$5,221
FY2023	$182	$5,364
FY2024	$183	$5,501
FY2025	$283	$5,732
FY2026	$171

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$87.95	$298
FY2022	$46.98	$357
FY2023	$90.68	$301
FY2024	$98.06	$319
FY2025	$244	$360
FY2026	$137

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$86.38	$239
FY2022	$92.96	$185
FY2023	$105	$229
FY2024	$123	$229
FY2025	$119	$249
FY2026	$125

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$103	$2,304
FY2022	$71.10	$2,197
FY2023	$76.06	$2,274
FY2024	$16.92	$2,267
FY2025	$22.92	$2,397
FY2026	$19.37

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$492	$1,186
FY2022	$270	$465
FY2023	$14.70	$76.52
FY2024	$14.35	$120
FY2025	$42.98	$148
FY2026	$80.09

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Knox County, Ohio
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Knox County, Ohio and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	3.6%	2.0%
2015	1.5%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/39083

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Knox County, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Troy BaldersonR-OH-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Knox County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Mount Vernon, OH52Central county

Cities and towns in Knox County

Places whose residents live mostly in Knox County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
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Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	+3.9%	−4.2%
2015	+4.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.1%	+3.3%
2018	+10.7%	+6.8%
2019	+15.1%	+10.5%
2020	+17.6%	+19.4%
2021	+19.4%	+26.1%
2022	+29.5%	+30.6%
2023	+40.4%	+35.0%
2024	+43.0%	+41.0%
2025	+48.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	−2.4%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.1%
2018	+8.7%	+8.9%
2019	+13.7%	+13.5%
2020	+25.2%	+20.8%
2021	+32.8%	+32.1%
2022	+34.1%	+35.4%
2023	+43.4%	+42.9%
2024	+49.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	1.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	−12.1%	−6.9%
2015	−4.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.5%	+4.7%
2018	+6.6%	+7.5%
2019	+12.3%	+14.0%
2020	+27.5%	+16.9%
2021	+15.5%	+21.0%
2022	+28.0%	+29.7%
2023	+25.2%	+34.9%
2024	+35.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	15.1%	15.5%
2015	14.8%	14.7%
2016	12.7%	14.0%
2017	10.7%	13.4%
2018	13.8%	13.1%
2019	11.3%	12.3%
2020	10.9%	11.9%
2021	12.5%	12.8%
2022	12.2%	12.6%
2023	11.4%	12.5%
2024	10.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	5.3%	6.2%
2015	4.7%	5.3%
2016	4.8%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	4.5%	3.9%
2019	4.1%	3.7%
2020	6.4%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	−26.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−8.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+63.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+84.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+94.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	10.1%	13.5%
2015	8.8%	10.9%
2016	7.3%	10.0%
2017	7.6%	10.2%
2018	8.7%	10.4%
2019	8.8%	10.8%
2020	9.0%	10.4%
2021	8.3%	10.2%
2022	8.7%	9.5%
2023	9.0%	9.5%
2024	9.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Knox County, Ohio	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.8/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved9

Declined2

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