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SheetOH-BUCYRUS-OH · Bucyrus, OH 11,619 pop · income 25th pct · 13 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bucyrus
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bucyrus on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Salem · lowest
50,250
Salem · lowest
50,250 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #1
Creighton · near
53,167
Creighton · near
53,167 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #2
Bucyrus · this city
53,169
Bucyrus · this city
53,169 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #3
First Mesa · near
53,173
First Mesa · near
53,173 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #4
Moncure · near
53,173
Moncure · near
53,173 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #5
Medford · near
53,173
Medford · near
53,173 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #6
Miami Shores · highest
137,873
Miami Shores · highest
137,873 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bucyrus on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 11,619.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bucyrus - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Bucyrus places in the 25th percentile for household income and the 46th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
25th
percentile, household income
18th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
46th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bucyrus, OH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 11,619 residents in Bucyrus, a small town within Ohio. The typical household in Bucyrus brings in $53,169 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.6%. Typical homes in Bucyrus are valued around $122,000, and the median resident age is 40.8 years. 9.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 3 residential building permits were authorized in Bucyrus (Construction Slowdown), down 50% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Bucyrus reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1487.6 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 52.3°F with 38.5 inches of precipitation per year and 23.3 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,092 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $228 across Ohio, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bucyrus's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to population change to within-city variation to housing and income to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bucyrus, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Bucyrus?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 9.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -48 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
PlainCities matches 13 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bucyrus?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Seven Hills (11,628 residents, $95,313 income); Norton (11,576 residents, $87,060 income); Franklin (11,670 residents, $58,134 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Alum Rock, CA (11,619 residents); Yorktown, IN (11,617 residents); Spring Lake, NC (11,613 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Bucyrus?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
2.3×
Home value
$122,000
Household income
$53,169
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Bucyrus?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
84.0%
Work from home
2.7%
Public transit
0.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 5,170 workers age 16+.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 52.3°F, with 38.5 inches of precipitation and 23.3 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Ohio is 55.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
55.0
Annual precipitation
38.5 in
Mean temperature
52.3°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bucyrus?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1487.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 35% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1487.6
Violent rate
113.1
Property rate
1374.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime B-
113 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
12.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$53,169
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Bucyrus profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Violent crime: 68/100 (B-) · 113 /100k
Poverty rate: 29/100 (F) · 12.6%
Household income: 25/100 (F) · $53,169
Bachelor's+ share: 6/100 (F) · 9.9%
Where Bucyrus sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bucyrus's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bucyrus highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Bucyrus, OH (this city): home $122,000, crime 1,488/100k
Yorktown, IN : home $182,000, crime 271/100k
Spring Lake, NC : home $101,300, crime 3,918/100k
Plano, IL : home $221,100, crime 641/100k
Miami Shores, FL : home $788,600, crime 3,939/100k
Bethel, CT : home $377,500, crime 539/100k
Seven Hills, OH : home $239,600, crime 972/100k
Norton, OH : home $181,900, crime 1,768/100k
Franklin, OH : home $170,800, crime 2,680/100k
Salem, OH : home $117,400, crime 1,595/100k
Ravenna, OH : home $129,400, crime 1,914/100k
How does Bucyrus compare to other US cities?
Bucyrus measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income25% higher than other cities
Home value18% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety46% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Ohio alone, Bucyrus ranks #175 of 281 Ohio cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bucyrus against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bucyrus near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bucyrus ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bucyrus only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#846 of 1,145
26th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#762 of 1,164
34th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#338 of 1,196
71st percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#938 of 1,196
21st percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
25th percentile nationally for median household income · 46th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bucyrus's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bucyrus's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bucyrus's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$122,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 82% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bucyrus's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,919 of 15,516
More affordable than 81% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#205 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.3×, Bucyrus sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,919 of 15,516 and #205 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$53,169Bucyrus, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bucyrus, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bucyrus, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,619
Median Income
$53,169
Median Home Value
$122,000
Median Age
40.8
Poverty Rate
12.6%
Labor force participation
56.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1487.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
113.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1374.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
52.3°F
Annual Precipitation
38.5"
Annual Snowfall
23.3"
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bucyrus's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
11,679 residents
2021
11,582 residents
2022
11,509 residents
2023
11,520 residents
2024
11,530 residents
2025
11,631 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
6
6
0
$1.7M
2020
1
1
0
$0.3M
2021
7
7
0
$1.7M
2022
5
5
0
$1.1M
2023
8
8
0
$2.2M
2024
3
3
0
$0.8M
Permit volume decreased 50% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
84.0%
Carpool
8.2%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
2.6%
Work from Home
2.7%
Other
2.1%
Based on 5,170 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bucyrus. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bucyrus is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bucyrus sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bucyrus compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.