Ridgeway, OH

The affordability dashboard for Ridgeway, OH aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 920 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B (74/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $90,821, median home value of $201,600, median rent of $1,304 per month, and 26.6% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $973 per month (studio $806, 1BR $811, 3BR $1,230, 4BR $1,373). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $11,537 per year, consuming 13% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Ridgeway, OH include income, housing, rent. Unemployment currently reads 0.5% and poverty 2.4% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.