Hokuto, Hokkaido
Individual figures come from official statistics. The overall score and rating weigh future risks such as fiscal health and population. Livability (transit and retail) contributes lightly; rent is shown as a reference only.
Municipality Profile
- Municipality code
- 012360
- Population
- 42,810
- Overall score
- 53 / 100
- Overall rating
- Needs attention
Scores by area
Each area is scored from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate a stronger position. Livability covers transit and retail convenience, not rent.
- Finance: 63 / 100
- Infrastructure: 66 / 100
- Healthcare: 8 / 100
- Population: 55 / 100
- Livability: 49 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Share of spending used for upkeep looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Doctors per 1,000 residents tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
Key figures in plain language
Technical names are shown under everyday titles. Compare this municipality with prefectural and national averages.
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 5.5%（71 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 90%（61 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 99.7k¥（53 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 93.9%（58 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 56.9k¥（32 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 127.4%（98 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 96.4%（66 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 55pts（45 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 25.8%（88 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 0.5（14 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 0（0 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 6.9pts（12 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 57.6%（68 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -38.2%（45 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 32.1%（63 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 1.4stations/10k（64 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.3stores/1k（36 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
Chosen by closeness of overall and area scores, with a slight preference for the same prefecture.
