Trumbull County, Ohio

County Distress Index: Elevated · 64.7 | 200,373 people · 8th most distressed in Ohio

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Trumbull County, OH registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 64.7 — 520th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Ohio, it ranks 8th of 88 counties. Among its 6 neighboring counties, 5 show less distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Trumbull County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 82.3 — worse than roughly 82% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 82.3
Poverty Rate 74
Income vs. State Median 92
Child Poverty Rate 81
Debt & Delinquency 74.5
Debt in Collections 64
Medical Debt 76
Student Loan Delinquency 75
Auto Loan Delinquency 78
Credit Card Delinquency 71
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 83
Housing Cost Burden 58.7
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 66
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 69
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 31
Homeownership Rate 64
Rent-to-Income Ratio 64
Employment & Wages 56.3
Unemployment Rate 83
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 26
Business Formation Rate 60
Community Vulnerability 51.6
Uninsured Rate 39
Disability Rate 64

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Trumbull County compares to its 6 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Trumbull County
Trumbull County, OH 64.7 Elevated
Ashtabula County, OH 68.6 Serious +3.9
Mahoning County, OH 62.1 Elevated -2.5
Crawford County, PA 51.8 Elevated -12.8
Mercer County, PA 50.1 Elevated -14.6
Portage County, OH 48.3 Normal -16.4
Geauga County, OH 25.3 Healthy -39.4

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Trumbull County
Hunt County, TX 64.7 Elevated 0.0
Clarke County, GA 64.6 Elevated -0.1
Delaware County, IN 64.8 Elevated +0.1
Columbus County, NC 64.6 Elevated -0.1
Josephine County, OR 64.5 Elevated -0.1

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