Higashikawa, 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
- 014583
- Population
- 8,673
- Overall score
- 63 / 100
- Overall rating
- Mostly healthy
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: 74 / 100
- Infrastructure: 68 / 100
- Healthcare: 4 / 100
- Population: 72 / 100
- Livability: 13 / 100
Strengths
- How large future debt will be looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How tightly the budget is locked in looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Share of people with wastewater treatment looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- Share of spending used for upkeep 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 large future debt will be: 3.8%（93 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 7.1%（56 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 78.2%（96 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 84.2k¥（47 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 98.5%（77 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 645.7k¥（97 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 91.8%（57 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 34.6pts（65 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 2.4%（9 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 0.4（8 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 0（0 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 4.1pts（7 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 55.6%（58 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -14.8%（82 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 31.4%（67 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0stations/10k（0 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 6.3stores/1k（24 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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