Nishikawa, Yamagata
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
- 063223
- Population
- 4,536
- Overall score
- 25 / 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: 55 / 100
- Infrastructure: 50 / 100
- Healthcare: 40 / 100
- Population: 7 / 100
- Livability: 42 / 100
Strengths
- How tightly the budget is locked in looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Emergency savings per resident looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are 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
- How much water costs are covered by bills 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: 11.2%（14 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 85.5%（82 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 281.9k¥（84 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 87.7%（41 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 325.7k¥（91 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 76.6%（23 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 79.6%（42 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 15.4pts（85 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 19%（80 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 0.9（30 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 9.5（51 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 40.7pts（39 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 45.6%（11 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -59.9%（4 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 47.8%（7 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0stations/10k（0 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 11.2stores/1k（76 / 100）
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