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SheetOH-WALBRIDGE-OH · Walbridge, OH 3,027 pop · income 30th pct
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 Walbridge
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Walbridge on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cadiz · lowest
38,417
Cadiz · lowest
38,417 median HH income
36.8% of the leader · rank #1
Walbridge · this city
56,719
Walbridge · this city
56,719 median HH income
54.3% of the leader · rank #2
Toledo · near
56,719
Toledo · near
56,719 median HH income
54.3% of the leader · rank #3
Hollyvilla · near
56,719
Hollyvilla · near
56,719 median HH income
54.3% of the leader · rank #4
Buffalo Lake · near
56,719
Buffalo Lake · near
56,719 median HH income
54.3% of the leader · rank #5
Interlaken · near
56,719
Interlaken · near
56,719 median HH income
54.3% of the leader · rank #6
Sloatsburg · highest
104,444
Sloatsburg · highest
104,444 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Walbridge on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 3,027.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Walbridge lands in the 30th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
30th
percentile, household income
20th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Walbridge, OH
Ohio's Walbridge is a small town, with 3,027 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Walbridge households earn a median of $56,719 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.7%. Home values in Walbridge run a median of $126,900, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. About 14.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 65.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: the state registers 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. 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 Walbridge'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Walbridge, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Walbridge?
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 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Walbridge?
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.
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Cadiz (3,015 residents, $38,417 income); Dry Ridge (3,008 residents, $92,443 income); Wilkshire Hills (3,048 residents, $66,219 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are New Palestine, IN (3,027 residents); Castroville, TX (3,027 residents); Dover Base Housing, DE (3,026 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.
Is Walbridge growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +63 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.1% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What does the journey to work look like in Walbridge?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.5%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Below median income · poverty 9.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
D
City profile score · Walbridge, OH
42/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Poverty rate D
9.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$56,719
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Walbridge profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 41/100 (D) · 9.7%
Household income: 30/100 (F) · $56,719
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) · 14.8%
How does Walbridge compare to other US cities?
Here's how Walbridge stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income30% higher than other cities
Home value20% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Walbridge 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 Walbridge near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Walbridge ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Walbridge only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#762 of 1,145
33rd percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#718 of 1,164
38th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#447 of 1,196
62nd percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#727 of 1,196
39th 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
30th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Walbridge's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$126,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 80% 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
Walbridge's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,648 of 15,516
More affordable than 83% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,467 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Walbridge sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,648 of 15,516 and #2,467 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$56,719Walbridge, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Walbridge, 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 Walbridge, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,027
Median Income
$56,719
Median Home Value
$126,900
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
9.7%
Labor force participation
65.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.8%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Walbridge's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,013 residents
2021
3,025 residents
2022
3,037 residents
2023
3,046 residents
2024
3,053 residents
2025
3,076 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.5%
Carpool
1.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.8%
Work from Home
3.3%
Based on 1,606 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 Walbridge. 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 Walbridge 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 Walbridge sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Walbridge 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, 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.