Shirakawa, Fukushima
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
- 072052
- Population
- 57,085
- Overall score
- 50 / 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: 40 / 100
- Infrastructure: 60 / 100
- Healthcare: 71 / 100
- Population: 61 / 100
- Livability: 49 / 100
Strengths
- Share of people with wastewater treatment looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Doctors per 1,000 residents looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Overall medical capacity looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How large future debt will be tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are 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
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: 48.4%（35 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 8.3%（41 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 91%（54 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 61.7k¥（34 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 99.7%（87 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 79.6k¥（50 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 98.5%（60 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 72.8%（36 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 45.4pts（55 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 10%（56 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.6（84 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 10.9（58 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 71.1pts（74 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 57.4%（67 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -32.1%（56 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 32.0%（64 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.5stations/10k（39 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.1stores/1k（58 / 100）
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