Cities in Ohio by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate)

Oxford, OH had the highest poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 176 cities in 2022, at 46.3%. Montgomery, OH had the lowest, at 1%. The median was 10.8% and the figure for Ohio was 13.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest46.3Oxford, OH

Lowest1Montgomery, OH

Median10.8176 cities

Ohio13.3History

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Oxford, OH	46.3	+1.5 pts
2	Athens, OH	43	-0.1 pts
3	East Cleveland, OH	39.5	+0.5 pts
4	Portsmouth, OH	35.4	+0.7 pts
5	Warren, OH	35.1	+0.5 pts
6	Youngstown, OH	34.5	-0.9 pts
7	Ashtabula, OH	32.7	+1.4 pts
8	Cleveland, OH	31.2	-0.2 pts
9	Bowling Green, OH	30.8	-0.1 pts
10	Canton, OH	30.2	-0 pts
11	Cambridge, OH	30.2	-0.9 pts
12	Steubenville, OH	27.9	+2.4 pts
13	Dayton, OH	27.5	-1 pts
14	Lorain, OH	27.5	+1.2 pts
15	Kent, OH	25.6	+2.1 pts
16	Zanesville, OH	25.2	-1.5 pts
17	Mansfield, OH	25	-0.3 pts
18	Cincinnati, OH	24.8	+0.1 pts
19	Ironton, OH	24.6	-1.2 pts
20	Toledo, OH	24.6	+0.1 pts
21	Trotwood, OH	23.8	-1.7 pts
22	Coshocton, OH	23.2	+2.2 pts
23	Circleville, OH	23.2	-2.2 pts
24	Lima, OH	23.1	-1.8 pts
25	Alliance, OH	23.1	-2.8 pts
26	Akron, OH	22.7	-0.2 pts
27	Springfield, OH	22.7	+0.7 pts
28	Marietta, OH	22	-2.4 pts
29	Garfield Heights, OH	22	+0.6 pts
30	Marion, OH	21.8	-0.2 pts
31	Maple Heights, OH	21.6	-1.3 pts
32	Wilmington, OH	21.1	-0.8 pts
33	Fostoria, OH	21	-3.5 pts
34	Warrensville Heights, OH	20.7	-0.3 pts
35	Sandusky, OH	20.5	-2.1 pts
36	Euclid, OH	20.3	-0.3 pts
37	Mount Vernon, OH	20.1	+0.8 pts
38	Painesville, OH	20	-1.3 pts
39	Washington Court House, OH	20	-1.2 pts
40	Bucyrus, OH	19.9	+1.7 pts
41	Elyria, OH	19.9	-0.4 pts
42	Franklin, OH	19.9	+0.8 pts
43	Ravenna, OH	19.8	-2.3 pts
44	Hamilton, OH	19.6	+3.3 pts
45	Norwood, OH	19.4	-2.2 pts
46	Middletown, OH	19.2	-1.2 pts
47	Conneaut, OH	18.9	-2.8 pts
48	Galion, OH	18.6	-1.6 pts
49	Fremont, OH	18.5	+1.2 pts
50	Chillicothe, OH	18.3	-2 pts
51	Columbus, OH	18.1	-0.2 pts
52	Fairborn, OH	18.1	+0.7 pts
53	Whitehall, OH	18	-3.3 pts
54	Salem, OH	17.5	+1.8 pts
55	Xenia, OH	17.4	-1.1 pts
56	Riverside, OH	16.5	+0.7 pts
57	Urbana, OH	16.5	-0.1 pts
58	Bellefontaine, OH	16.4	+4.2 pts
59	West Carrollton, OH	16.4	+1.8 pts
60	Newark, OH	16.3	-0.5 pts
61	Cleveland Heights, OH	16.3	-0.1 pts
62	Barberton, OH	16.1	-1.4 pts
63	Lancaster, OH	15.4	+0.3 pts
64	New Philadelphia, OH	15.1	-2 pts
65	Parma Heights, OH	15	+0.2 pts
66	London, OH	14.8	+1 pts
67	Defiance, OH	14.6	+1 pts
68	Massillon, OH	14.5	-0 pts
69	Piqua, OH	14	+2.9 pts
70	Ashland, OH	13.9	+0.8 pts
71	Greenville, OH	13.7	+1.1 pts
72	Van Wert, OH	13.6	-1.5 pts
73	Sidney, OH	13.5	-0.4 pts
74	Findlay, OH	13.3	-0.2 pts
75	Niles, OH	13.3	+2.3 pts
76	Norwalk, OH	13	-0.3 pts
77	Miamisburg, OH	12.9	+0.2 pts
78	Springdale, OH	12.5	+1.1 pts
79	Tiffin, OH	12.4	-0.4 pts
80	Dover, OH	12.2	-1.4 pts
81	Lakewood, OH	11.8	-0.8 pts
82	Bedford, OH	11.6	+0.5 pts
83	Reading, OH	11.6	+0.9 pts
84	Bedford Heights, OH	11.3	+0.2 pts
85	University Heights, OH	11.2	-1.3 pts
86	Reynoldsburg, OH	11.1	+1.2 pts
87	North Olmsted, OH	11	+0.4 pts
88	Wooster, OH	10.8	-0.8 pts
89	Celina, OH	10.8	+2 pts
90	Forest Park, OH	10.6	+2.2 pts
91	Brooklyn, OH	10.6	-1.6 pts
92	Fairview Park, OH	10.2	+0.7 pts
93	Loveland, OH	10.2	+2.4 pts
94	Parma, OH	10.1	+0.3 pts
95	Richmond Heights, OH	10	0 pts
96	Troy, OH	9.9	+1.1 pts
97	Berea, OH	9.9	-0.6 pts
98	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	9.5	0 pts
99	Heath, OH	9.4	-0.5 pts
100	Streetsboro, OH	9.4	-0.3 pts
101	Medina, OH	8.9	+0.7 pts
102	South Euclid, OH	8.9	-4.5 pts
103	Kettering, OH	8.7	-0.1 pts
104	Wadsworth, OH	8.7	+0.6 pts
105	Mayfield Heights, OH	8.7	-0.1 pts
106	Huber Heights, OH	8.6	+0.7 pts
107	Brook Park, OH	8.5	-1.3 pts
108	Shaker Heights, OH	8.4	+0.4 pts
109	Centerville, OH	7.9	+1.1 pts
110	Marysville, OH	7.8	+0.9 pts
111	Sharonville, OH	7.8	-0.1 pts
112	Eastlake, OH	7.5	+0.9 pts
113	Lebanon, OH	7.4	-0.2 pts
114	Oregon, OH	7.4	-1.2 pts
115	Delaware, OH	7.3	+0.2 pts
116	Vandalia, OH	7.3	-0.3 pts
117	Fairfield, OH	7.2	+0.1 pts
118	Willoughby, OH	7.2	+0.5 pts
119	North Canton, OH	7	-1.3 pts
120	Norton, OH	6.9	-1.5 pts
121	Beavercreek, OH	6.9	-0.3 pts
122	Sylvania, OH	6.9	+1.5 pts
123	Pataskala, OH	6.6	-0.1 pts
124	Stow, OH	6.5	-0.4 pts
125	Wickliffe, OH	6.2	-1.5 pts
126	Green, OH	6.1	-0.6 pts
127	Willowick, OH	6.1	-0.8 pts
128	Seven Hills, OH	6	-1 pts
129	Brunswick, OH	5.9	-0.4 pts
130	North Ridgeville, OH	5.8	-0 pts
131	Grove City, OH	5.6	+0.7 pts
132	North Royalton, OH	5.5	+1.1 pts
133	Amherst, OH	5.5	+0.5 pts
134	Middleburg Heights, OH	5.4	+1.2 pts
135	Tipp City, OH	5.3	-1.2 pts
135	Westerville, OH	5.3	-0.1 pts
137	Hilliard, OH	5.3	+0.7 pts
138	Maumee, OH	5.2	+0.1 pts
139	Tallmadge, OH	5.2	-1.1 pts
140	Rocky River, OH	5.1	-0 pts
141	Canal Winchester, OH	5.1	+1.3 pts
142	Clayton, OH	5.1	-2.6 pts
143	Westlake, OH	5	+0.1 pts
144	Englewood, OH	5	+0.2 pts
145	Mentor, OH	4.8	+0.1 pts
146	Beachwood, OH	4.7	-0.2 pts
147	New Franklin, OH	4.7	+0.3 pts
148	Avon Lake, OH	4.7	0 pts
149	Vermilion, OH	4.6	-0.2 pts
150	Strongsville, OH	4.6	+0.1 pts
151	Avon, OH	4.6	+0.1 pts
152	Blue Ash, OH	4.6	-0.3 pts
153	Bay Village, OH	4.5	+0.9 pts
154	Trenton, OH	4.4	0 pts
155	Gahanna, OH	4.4	-0.8 pts
156	Macedonia, OH	4.4	-0.3 pts
157	Perrysburg, OH	4.2	-0.4 pts
158	Pickerington, OH	3.9	+0.1 pts
159	Mason, OH	3.8	+0.5 pts
160	Twinsburg, OH	3.7	-0.2 pts
161	Monroe, OH	3.7	+0.3 pts
162	Bexley, OH	3.5	-0.9 pts
163	Broadview Heights, OH	3.4	+1.6 pts
164	Hudson, OH	3.4	+0.2 pts
165	Solon, OH	3.3	-0.1 pts
166	Springboro, OH	3.3	+0.3 pts
167	Harrison, OH	3	-1.8 pts
167	Lyndhurst, OH	3	-0.2 pts
169	Brecksville, OH	2.9	-2.9 pts
170	Upper Arlington, OH	2.6	+0.3 pts
171	Worthington, OH	2.5	+0.2 pts
172	Dublin, OH	2.2	+0.3 pts
173	Aurora, OH	2.1	+0.4 pts
174	New Albany, OH	1.9	0 pts
175	Powell, OH	1.4	-0.2 pts
176	Montgomery, OH	1	-0.6 pts

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About this ranking

People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

The headline single-year rate for states and counties is poverty_rate (SAIPE). Poverty status is not determined for people in institutions, military group quarters or college dormitories, or for unrelated children under 15. Absolute thresholds set by the US government, so not comparable with the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Ohio by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Ohio by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Ohio by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Ohio by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_cities_in_ohio_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Ohio by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Oxford, OH, with 46.3% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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