City safety & data profile
DefianceOH
Defiance, OH is a 17K-resident city in Defiance County with a median household income of $61,439.
Defiance County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Defiance, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Defiance has a population larger than 34% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $139,900, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 17K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 35%
- By size
- $61,439
- Median income (place)
- $139,900
- Median home (place)
- 14.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Defiance
Defiance posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Defiance area.
- Bottom 25%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Defiance
Where Defiance income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$61,439 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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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.
- Columbus
Columbus, OH
913,175 residents
- Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
365,379 residents
- Cincinnati 311,097
Cincinnati, OH
311,097 residents
- Toledo 265,638
Toledo, OH
265,638 residents
- Akron 197,542
Akron, OH
197,542 residents
- Dayton 135,512
Dayton, OH
135,512 residents
- Parma 79,937
Parma, OH
79,937 residents
- Canton 71,885
Canton, OH
71,885 residents
- Youngstown 64,628
Youngstown, OH
64,628 residents
- Lorain 63,647
Lorain, OH
63,647 residents
What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.
Highest median incomes in OH
Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Powell
Powell, OH
$195,495 median
- Hudson
Hudson, OH
$171,427 median
- Dublin
Dublin, OH
$160,296 median
- Bexley
Bexley, OH
$157,841 median
- Upper Arling…
Upper Arlington, OH
$155,167 median
- Montgomery
Montgomery, OH
$150,995 median
- Solon
Solon, OH
$139,089 median
- Avon
Avon, OH
$135,915 median
- Brecksville
Brecksville, OH
$135,000 median
- Bay Village
Bay Village, OH
$132,254 median
What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Defiance, OH beyond the headline numbers
Defiance sits inside Defiance County, Ohio, at roughly 41.28°N, -84.36°W. Population 16,776, $61,439 median household income. Median home value $139,900, median rent $853. Poverty rate 14.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Defiance, 4.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.
Poverty in Defiance, OH stands at 14.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Defiance runs about 2.3 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 5.9% of Defiance 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, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.8% in Defiance, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Defiance workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
At 41.8 years, Defiance's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Defiance 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Defiance County): Defiance'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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.7% +19% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 21.1% |
| Work From Home | 5.9% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 2 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Defiance?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Defiance right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
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Defiance: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Defiance, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (14.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($61,439 here).
Compare Defiance with another city
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Nearby Cities 8
Using Defiance's profile
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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 (Defiance 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.