City safety & data profile

ToledoOH

Toledo, OH is a 266K-resident city in Lucas County with a median household income of $49,724.

Lucas County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Toledo, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Toledo has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $114,500, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

266K
Population (place)
Top 2%
By size
$49,724
Median income (place)
$114,500
Median home (place)
24.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Toledo

Toledo posts a median household income higher than 9% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Toledo area.

Bottom 10%
by median income, US cities
5
hospitals in & near Toledo

Where Toledo income ranks nationally

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

$49,724 Bottom 9% higher than 9% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Toledo $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 Toledo, OH beyond the headline numbers

Toledo sits inside Lucas County, Ohio, at roughly 41.66°N, -83.56°W. Population 265,638, $49,724 median household income. Median home value $114,500, median rent $901. Poverty rate 24.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

5 hospitals in/around Toledo, 3.3/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.

24.3% of Toledo, 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 Toledo runs about 2.3 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.9% of Toledo 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: 19.9% in Toledo, 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 Toledo 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)
265,638
Toledo · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$49,724
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$114,500
-72% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lucas County): Toledo'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
428K-3%
Median Income
$62,224+50%
Median Home Value
$163,900+51%
Poverty Rate
17.7%-15%
Unemployment
6.3%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Toledo, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$901/mo
Poverty Rate
24.3% +96% vs avg
Unemployment 7.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.9%
Work From Home 6.9%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 57.9%
African American 28.2%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
43.1%
Obesity
39.3%
High Blood Pressure
38.6%
Physical Inactivity
34.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.6%
Current Smoking
19.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.3%
Diabetes
15.7%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Current Asthma
12.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.2%
Annual Checkup 80.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Stroke
4.4%

Hospitals 5 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
2
★★
0
0
Average Rating
3.3/5
Total Hospitals
5
With ER
3
PROMEDICA TOLEDO HOSPITAL
TOLEDO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER
TOLEDO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
MERCY ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER
TOLEDO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Toledo?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-TOLEDO · Toledo

Toledo: 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 Toledo; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Toledo, OH?
Toledo, OH has a population of 265,638 people, located in Lucas County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Toledo?
The median household income in Toledo, OH is $49,724 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 24.3%.
What is the median home value in Toledo?
The median home value in Toledo, OH is $114,500. Median rent is $901/month.
What are the top health concerns in Toledo?
The top health indicators in Toledo include Short Sleep Duration (43.1%), Obesity (39.3%), High Blood Pressure (38.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Toledo?
Toledo has 5 hospitals with an average rating of 3.3/5 stars. 3 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Toledo?
The median age in Toledo, OH is 35.8 years. 21.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (24.3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($49,724 here).

Compare Toledo with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Toledo's profile

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

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Toledo area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Toledo against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

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 (Lucas 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.