Zaō, Miyagi
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
- 043010
- Population
- 10,916
- Overall score
- 39 / 100
- Overall rating
- Needs planned action
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: 47 / 100
- Infrastructure: 61 / 100
- Healthcare: 24 / 100
- Population: 36 / 100
- Livability: 35 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How tightly the budget is locked in tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Emergency savings per resident tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Share of people with wastewater treatment 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: 4.7%（78 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 96.6%（16 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 64.1k¥（35 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 79.9%（26 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 133.6k¥（71 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 104.4%（76 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 115.6%（94 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 62.4pts（38 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 10.5%（59 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 0.6（20 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.3（28 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 24.3pts（25 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 50.3%（30 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -39.4%（42 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 40.7%（28 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0stations/10k（0 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.7stores/1k（64 / 100）
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