City safety & data profile

AshtabulaOH

Ashtabula, OH is a 18K-resident city in Ashtabula County with a median household income of $44,120.

Ashtabula County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ashtabula, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ashtabula has a population larger than 39% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $105,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

18K
Population (place)
Bottom 40%
By size
$44,120
Median income (place)
$105,900
Median home (place)
29.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Ashtabula

Ashtabula posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Ashtabula area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Ashtabula

Where Ashtabula income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,120 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Ashtabula $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Ashtabula, OH beyond the headline numbers

Ashtabula sits inside Ashtabula County, Ohio, at roughly 41.87°N, -80.79°W. Population 18,371, $44,120 median household income. Median home value $105,900, median rent $793. Poverty rate 29.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Ashtabula, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

29.8% of Ashtabula, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Ashtabula runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 2.4% of Ashtabula workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 22.5% in Ashtabula, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ashtabula from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,371
Ashtabula · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,120
-51% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$105,900
-74% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ashtabula County): Ashtabula's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
97K-4%
Median Income
$57,728+42%
Median Home Value
$159,500+44%
Poverty Rate
17.6%-6%
Unemployment
6.6%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Ashtabula, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$793/mo
Poverty Rate
29.8% +140% vs avg
Unemployment 11.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 11.8%
Work From Home 2.4%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 75.2%
African American 8.8%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
48.4%
High Blood Pressure
42.1%
Short Sleep Duration
40.4%
Physical Inactivity
38.2%
Current Smoking
22.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
18.3%
Diabetes
17.5%
Binge Drinking
14.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 49.1%
Annual Checkup 78%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
12.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.3%
Stroke
4.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ASHTABULA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
ASHTABULA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Ashtabula?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ashtabula right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet OH-ASHTABULA · Ashtabula

Ashtabula: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ashtabula; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Ashtabula, OH?
Ashtabula, OH has a population of 18,371 people, located in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Ashtabula?
The median household income in Ashtabula, OH is $44,120 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 29.8%.
What is the median home value in Ashtabula?
The median home value in Ashtabula, OH is $105,900. Median rent is $793/month.
What are the top health concerns in Ashtabula?
The top health indicators in Ashtabula include Obesity (48.4%), High Blood Pressure (42.1%), Short Sleep Duration (40.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Ashtabula?
Ashtabula has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Ashtabula?
The median age in Ashtabula, OH is 41.2 years. 11.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ashtabula, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (29.8% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($44,120 here).

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Using Ashtabula's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ashtabula County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.