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 2023, at 45.5%. Powell, OH had the lowest, at 1.5%. The median was 10.4% and the figure for Ohio was 13.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest45.5Oxford, OH

Lowest1.5Powell, OH

Median10.4176 cities

Ohio13.2History

Top 40 cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Oxford, OH	45.5	-0.9 pts
2	East Cleveland, OH	44.3	+4.8 pts
3	Athens, OH	41.6	-1.5 pts
4	Portsmouth, OH	37.5	+2.1 pts
5	Youngstown, OH	36.2	+1.7 pts
6	Warren, OH	32.9	-2.1 pts
7	Ashtabula, OH	31.6	-1.1 pts
8	Cleveland, OH	30.8	-0.4 pts
9	Cambridge, OH	29.9	-0.3 pts
10	Bowling Green, OH	29.7	-1.1 pts
11	Canton, OH	28.4	-1.8 pts
12	Lorain, OH	27.4	-0.1 pts
13	Dayton, OH	27.1	-0.4 pts
14	Zanesville, OH	26.8	+1.6 pts
15	Maple Heights, OH	26.4	+4.8 pts
16	Steubenville, OH	25.7	-2.2 pts
17	Ironton, OH	25.5	+1 pts
18	Coshocton, OH	25.1	+1.9 pts
19	Mansfield, OH	24.9	-0.2 pts
20	Lima, OH	24.8	+1.7 pts
21	Kent, OH	24.8	-0.7 pts
22	Toledo, OH	24.5	-0 pts
23	Cincinnati, OH	24.5	-0.3 pts
24	Sandusky, OH	24.2	+3.6 pts
25	Alliance, OH	24.1	+1 pts
26	Painesville, OH	22.9	+2.8 pts
27	Akron, OH	22.9	+0.1 pts
28	Springfield, OH	22.7	0 pts
29	Marion, OH	22.1	+0.2 pts
30	Trotwood, OH	21.7	-2.1 pts
31	Warrensville Heights, OH	21.7	+1 pts
32	Conneaut, OH	21.5	+2.6 pts
33	Circleville, OH	21.5	-1.7 pts
34	Garfield Heights, OH	21.4	-0.6 pts
35	Wilmington, OH	21.2	+0.1 pts
36	Ravenna, OH	21.2	+1.3 pts
37	Franklin, OH	21.1	+1.2 pts
38	Chillicothe, OH	20.1	+1.8 pts
39	Fostoria, OH	19.6	-1.5 pts
40	Galion, OH	19.5	+0.8 pts
41	Salem, OH	19.2	+1.8 pts
42	Fremont, OH	19.1	+0.6 pts
43	Middletown, OH	19	-0.2 pts
44	Marietta, OH	19	-3 pts
45	Washington Court House, OH	18.9	-1.1 pts
46	Hamilton, OH	18.8	-0.8 pts
47	Mount Vernon, OH	18.5	-1.6 pts
48	Columbus, OH	17.9	-0.3 pts
49	Norwood, OH	17.5	-1.9 pts
50	Newark, OH	17.5	+1.2 pts
51	Elyria, OH	17.5	-2.4 pts
52	Euclid, OH	17.4	-2.9 pts
53	Bellefontaine, OH	17.4	+1 pts
54	Whitehall, OH	17.3	-0.8 pts
55	Xenia, OH	17.2	-0.2 pts
56	Bucyrus, OH	16.9	-3 pts
57	Barberton, OH	16.9	+0.8 pts
58	Riverside, OH	16.6	+0.1 pts
59	Ashland, OH	16.3	+2.4 pts
60	Parma Heights, OH	16.1	+1.1 pts
61	New Philadelphia, OH	15.6	+0.5 pts
62	Piqua, OH	15.5	+1.5 pts
63	Fairborn, OH	15.3	-2.8 pts
64	Van Wert, OH	15.1	+1.5 pts
65	Norwalk, OH	15	+2 pts
66	West Carrollton, OH	15	-1.4 pts
67	Lancaster, OH	14.8	-0.6 pts
68	Cleveland Heights, OH	14.7	-1.5 pts
68	Defiance, OH	14.7	+0.1 pts
70	Massillon, OH	14.6	+0.1 pts
71	Greenville, OH	14.3	+0.6 pts
72	Findlay, OH	13.6	+0.3 pts
73	Sidney, OH	13.4	-0.1 pts
74	Niles, OH	13	-0.3 pts
75	Reading, OH	12.9	+1.3 pts
76	Urbana, OH	12.8	-3.8 pts
77	Bedford Heights, OH	12.5	+1.2 pts
77	London, OH	12.5	-2.3 pts
79	Springdale, OH	12.3	-0.1 pts
80	Tiffin, OH	12.3	-0.1 pts
81	University Heights, OH	12.3	+1.1 pts
82	Bedford, OH	11.8	+0.2 pts
83	Troy, OH	11.3	+1.4 pts
84	Dover, OH	11.2	-1.1 pts
85	Reynoldsburg, OH	10.9	-0.2 pts
86	Forest Park, OH	10.9	+0.3 pts
87	Lakewood, OH	10.8	-0.9 pts
88	Celina, OH	10.7	-0.1 pts
89	North Olmsted, OH	10.1	-0.9 pts
90	Wooster, OH	10	-0.8 pts
91	Richmond Heights, OH	10	-0 pts
92	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	9.8	+0.3 pts
93	Parma, OH	9.8	-0.4 pts
94	Miamisburg, OH	9.8	-3.2 pts
95	Fairview Park, OH	9.7	-0.6 pts
96	Berea, OH	9.4	-0.5 pts
97	Fairfield, OH	9.1	+1.9 pts
98	Brook Park, OH	9	+0.6 pts
99	Mayfield Heights, OH	9	+0.3 pts
100	Centerville, OH	8.9	+1.1 pts
101	Willoughby, OH	8.9	+1.7 pts
102	Vandalia, OH	8.8	+1.5 pts
103	Medina, OH	8.7	-0.2 pts
104	Delaware, OH	8.7	+1.4 pts
105	Huber Heights, OH	8.6	-0 pts
106	Kettering, OH	8.5	-0.2 pts
107	Loveland, OH	8.1	-2.1 pts
108	Eastlake, OH	7.7	+0.2 pts
109	Heath, OH	7.6	-1.9 pts
110	Wadsworth, OH	7.5	-1.2 pts
111	Englewood, OH	7.4	+2.4 pts
111	Marysville, OH	7.4	-0.5 pts
113	Brooklyn, OH	7.2	-3.3 pts
114	Oregon, OH	7.2	-0.2 pts
115	Shaker Heights, OH	7.1	-1.3 pts
116	South Euclid, OH	6.9	-2 pts
117	Wickliffe, OH	6.8	+0.6 pts
118	Grove City, OH	6.8	+1.2 pts
119	Lebanon, OH	6.8	-0.6 pts
120	Beavercreek, OH	6.6	-0.2 pts
121	Streetsboro, OH	6.5	-2.9 pts
122	Norton, OH	6.4	-0.5 pts
123	Stow, OH	6.3	-0.2 pts
124	Green, OH	6.3	+0.2 pts
125	New Franklin, OH	6.2	+1.6 pts
126	North Canton, OH	6.2	-0.8 pts
127	Maumee, OH	6.2	+1 pts
128	Brunswick, OH	6.1	+0.1 pts
129	Trenton, OH	6.1	+1.7 pts
130	Clayton, OH	6	+1 pts
131	Sharonville, OH	5.7	-2.1 pts
132	Pataskala, OH	5.7	-0.9 pts
133	Gahanna, OH	5.6	+1.2 pts
134	Harrison, OH	5.5	+2.4 pts
135	Vermilion, OH	5.4	+0.8 pts
136	Westerville, OH	5.4	+0.1 pts
137	Mentor, OH	5.4	+0.5 pts
138	Sylvania, OH	5.4	-1.5 pts
139	Tipp City, OH	5.3	0 pts
140	Willowick, OH	5.3	-0.8 pts
141	Blue Ash, OH	5.3	+0.7 pts
142	Hilliard, OH	5.2	-0 pts
143	North Royalton, OH	5.2	-0.3 pts
144	Tallmadge, OH	5.2	0 pts
145	Strongsville, OH	5.1	+0.5 pts
146	Westlake, OH	5.1	+0.1 pts
147	Rocky River, OH	4.9	-0.2 pts
148	Canal Winchester, OH	4.9	-0.2 pts
148	North Ridgeville, OH	4.9	-0.9 pts
150	Seven Hills, OH	4.6	-1.3 pts
151	Amherst, OH	4.5	-0.9 pts
151	Macedonia, OH	4.5	+0.2 pts
153	Middleburg Heights, OH	4.4	-0.9 pts
154	Bay Village, OH	4.2	-0.3 pts
155	Solon, OH	4	+0.7 pts
156	Mason, OH	4	+0.2 pts
157	Avon Lake, OH	3.9	-0.8 pts
158	Monroe, OH	3.9	+0.2 pts
159	Avon, OH	3.8	-0.8 pts
160	Perrysburg, OH	3.7	-0.5 pts
161	Springboro, OH	3.6	+0.3 pts
162	Broadview Heights, OH	3.6	+0.2 pts
163	Twinsburg, OH	3.6	-0.2 pts
164	Beachwood, OH	3.5	-1.2 pts
165	Hudson, OH	3.3	-0.1 pts
166	Lyndhurst, OH	3.2	+0.2 pts
167	Brecksville, OH	3	+0.1 pts
168	Bexley, OH	3	-0.5 pts
169	Worthington, OH	2.9	+0.4 pts
170	Upper Arlington, OH	2.9	+0.3 pts
171	Pickerington, OH	2.7	-1.2 pts
172	Montgomery, OH	2.7	+1.7 pts
173	Dublin, OH	2.5	+0.3 pts
174	Aurora, OH	2.5	+0.4 pts
175	New Albany, OH	1.8	-0.1 pts
176	Powell, OH	1.5	0 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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), 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b17001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2023. 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), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b17001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2023.

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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), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b17001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_cities_in_ohio_by_2023,
  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), 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b17001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/ohio-cities?period=2023. 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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