Scores by category

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

Safety91#282/3,096
Economy86#435/3,143
Housing82#570/3,140
Health74#823/3,144
Healthcare64#1,119/3,143
Environment38#1,933/3,108
Education81#587/3,144
Infrastructure95#173/3,144
Community80#630/3,144
Leisure & amenities56#1,371/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low13 /100k
99/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Child poverty rate · low7.2%
96/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Reading scores · high3.41
96/100Ohio 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Math scores · high3.45
93/100Ohio 2.98United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food environment index · high9.0
93/100Ohio 7.0United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · low65 /100k
92/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high16.5×
15/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Preventable hospital stays · high3,914 /100k
16/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Job growth · low-2.4%
19/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Comfortable days · low23.6%
19/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New business applications · low8.9 /1k
20/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Loneliness · high35.4%
22/100Ohio 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.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 49% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+49 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.9 /10k (2025)
+99%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Violent crime rateImproving
69 /100k (2018) → 13 /100k (2025)
−82%7 yearsUS 375 /100k → 328 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
58.6% (2010 & 2021) → 72.1% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
5.8 /1k (2020) → 8.9 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$55,796 (2019) → $82,284 (2024)
+47%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

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, Mercer County, Ohio improved on 8 of 30 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Real income+47%$55,796 → $82,284
Overdose deaths−55%19.9 /100k → 9.0 /100k
Bachelor's++3.6 points18.3% → 21.9%
New businesses+54%5.8 /1k → 8.9 /1k
Uninsured−1.2 points7.2% → 6.0%

Declined2

Airport+5 mi43 mi → 47 mi
Price / income+0.3×2.4× → 2.7×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Mercer County, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	35%
Average commute time	18.7 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Average weekly wage	$8272020	$1,0242025	+24%	Improved	50%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	83.8%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	8.8%2019	7.2%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Distance to an airport	43 mi2020	47 mi2025	+5 mi	Declined	2%
Drug overdose deaths	19.9 /100k2020	9.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−55%	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	67%
Firearm deaths	9.5 /100k2020	11.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Within the margin of error	20%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	25%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+99%	Within the margin of error	95%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	61%
Homicide rate	3.4 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.9%	Within the margin of error	23%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,7962019	$82,2842024	+47%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3932015-2019	0.4032020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$67,0752019	$75,3112024	+12%	Within the margin of error	4%
New business applications	5.8 /1k2020	8.9 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	63%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+19%	Within the margin of error	92%
Poverty rate	6.7%2019	8.0%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Public libraries	1.7 /10k2019	1.6 /10k2024	−3%	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent as share of income	21.5%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent-burdened households	32.4%2015-2019	36.6%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Restaurants and bars	10.3 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	−5%	Within the margin of error	35%
Students per teacher	16.9×2019	16.5×2024	−0.4×	Little change	38%
Suicide rate	13.1 /100k2020	15.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Traffic deaths	13.7 /100k2015-2019	18.9 /100k2020-2024	+38%	Within the margin of error	19%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	3.4%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2019	6.0%2024	−1.2 points	Improved	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Mercer County, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mercer 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, Mercer County, Ohio itself moved +0.8 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

42,484 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 (−1.4 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

42,484 residents

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

White94%40,019
Black1.1%†482
Hispanic or Latino2.2%951

Education

28,245 residents (±141)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma4.8%1,358
High school or GED43%12,183
Some college17%4,938

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

16,408 households (±243)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k13%2,166
$25k–50k19%3,176
$50k–75k16%2,676
$75k–100k14%2,325
$100k–150k24%3,922
$150k–200k8.3%1,355
$200k or more4.8%788

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+7.2 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

16,408 households (±243)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Own80%13,053
Rent20%3,355

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

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

Rent paid

3,000 households (±341)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75045%1,356
$750–1,00037%1,107
$1,000–1,50016%†483

Home values

13,053 homes (±408)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k29%3,758
$150k–250k31%4,078
$250k–400k23%3,008

Age of homes

18,103 homes (±52)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later7.9%1,433
2000–200911%2,073
1980–199922%4,010

Size of homes

18,103 homes (±52)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio1.2%†225
1 bedroom5.2%942
2 bedrooms20%3,707

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

21,371 workers (±577)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone87%18,664
Carpool5.6%1,202
Public transit0.1%†20
Walk1.7%†367
Bike0.4%†90
Work from home4.4%942
Other0.4%†86

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+2.3 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

20,429 workers (±612)

Mercer County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min47%9,502
15–29 min34%6,947
30–44 min12%2,542

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 Celina, 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.

Mercer County has 1,050 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 1.15× Ohio's), with 17,679 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,686. The Census Bureau also counts 3,106 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,050; 3,106 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 17,679
Average annual pay: $47,686; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	83	19.6	1.27×More than typical	682	$60,235	249
Restaurants and other eating places	81	19.1	1.04×About typical	1,227	$15,047	13
Truck transportation	64	15.1	2.99×More than typical	2,985	$49,366	129
Ambulatory health care services	59	13.9	0.67×Fewer than typical	675	$67,905	101
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	9.9	1.97×More than typical	204	$42,235	68
Full-service restaurants	36	8.5	1.11×About typical	544	$13,704	5
Limited-service restaurants	35	8.3	1.03×About typical	601	$16,060	—
Building equipment contractors	34	8	1.33×More than typical	340	$60,353	34
Construction of buildings	34	8	1.06×About typical	452	$53,142	116
Religious organizations	34	8	1.45×More than typical	247	$16,603	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	24	5.7	3.55×More than typical	359	$57,808	18
Banks and credit unions	23	5.4	1.68×More than typical	205	$60,112	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 42,360 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 $2.7M on contracts performed in Mercer County, Ohio: $62.95 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $2.7M; +16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $62.95; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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$2.7M100.0%
Department of the Navy$665

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 $250.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mercer County, Ohio: $5,863 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $250.6M; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,863; US $12,957
Loan face value: $3.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$179.6M72%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$17.1M6.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16.7M6.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$12.6M5.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$8.7M3.5%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$4.3M1.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.9M1.2%
93.600 · Head Start$1.8M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$9.6M3.8%
COLUMBUS, OH
CELINA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION$1.8M0.7%
CELINA, OH
STOSE BROTHERS LLC$531.5K0.2%
MENDON, OH
EASTOWN VILLAGE LP$145.3K0.1%
MANSFIELD, OH
COLDWATER LP$139.4K0.1%

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$216.3M86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15M6.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$9.6M3.8%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$5M2.0%
Department of Agriculture
Administration for Children and Families

Assistance by fiscal year

205.5MFY2021
204.3MFY2022
219.9MFY2023
234.7MFY2024
287.6MFY2025
250.6MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Mercer 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.

Mercer County, Ohio
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$77.83	$1,436
FY2018	$9.53	$1,552
FY2019	$174	$1,654
FY2020	$127	$1,880
FY2021	$40.57	$1,810
FY2022	$27.98	$1,917
FY2023	$28.79	$2,079
FY2024	$41.60	$2,047
FY2025	$54.11	$2,165
FY2026	$62.95 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$16.06	$93.28
FY2018	$0.07	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$9.32	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$187	$5,748
FY2022	$160	$5,221
FY2023	$272	$5,364
FY2024	$465	$5,501
FY2025	$113	$5,732
FY2026	$330

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$71.55	$298
FY2022	$86.52	$357
FY2023	$166	$301
FY2024	$336	$319
FY2025	$32.92	$360
FY2026	$224

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$4.11	$239
FY2022	$15.73	$185
FY2023	$17.50	$229
FY2024	$17.04	$229
FY2025	$10.38	$249
FY2026	$13.38

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$51.58	$2,304
FY2022	$44.74	$2,197
FY2023	$31.07	$2,274
FY2024	$36.76	$2,267
FY2025	$25.84	$2,397
FY2026	$43.05

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$1,077	$1,186
FY2022	$216	$465
FY2023	$11.62	$76.52
FY2024	$32.17	$120
FY2025	$25.27	$148
FY2026	$16.85

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.

Mercer County, Ohio
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Mercer County, Ohio and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	2.4%	2.0%
2015	3.2%

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/39107

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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.

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

House

Robert E. LattaR-OH-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

Senate

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Metro area

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

Celina, OH79Central county

Cities and towns in Mercer County

Places whose residents live mostly in Mercer 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 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	−2.8%	−4.2%
2015	+0.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.1%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+9.1%	+10.5%
2020	+14.4%	+19.4%
2021	+18.7%	+26.1%
2022	+26.6%	+30.6%
2023	+33.1%	+35.0%
2024	+34.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	+2.6%	−5.5%
2015	+2.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.3%	+4.1%
2018	+13.8%	+8.9%
2019	+10.9%	+13.5%
2020	+20.2%	+20.8%
2021	+33.9%	+32.1%
2022	+36.6%	+35.4%
2023	+51.0%	+42.9%
2024	+61.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	1.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	−8.6%	−6.9%
2015	−2.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.7%
2018	+9.0%	+7.5%
2019	+16.5%	+14.0%
2020	+20.9%	+16.9%
2021	+18.0%	+21.0%
2022	+25.2%	+29.7%
2023	+38.9%	+34.9%
2024	+30.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	+6.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+3.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+44.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+75.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+87.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	3.8%	6.2%
2015	3.3%	5.3%
2016	3.4%	4.9%
2017	3.2%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	5.6%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.8%	3.7%
2023	2.5%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	8.9%	15.5%
2015	7.8%	14.7%
2016	8.2%	14.0%
2017	6.9%	13.4%
2018	7.6%	13.1%
2019	6.7%	12.3%
2020	5.5%	11.9%
2021	7.3%	12.8%
2022	8.3%	12.6%
2023	7.6%	12.5%
2024	8.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	8.8%	13.5%
2015	6.5%	10.9%
2016	5.6%	10.0%
2017	6.3%	10.2%
2018	6.3%	10.4%
2019	7.2%	10.8%
2020	7.5%	10.4%
2021	7.3%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	6.1%	9.5%
2024	6.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Mercer County, Ohio	United States
2014	4.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.9/1k	16.6/1k

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