Wakō, Saitama
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
- 112291
- Population
- 84,890
- Overall score
- 59 / 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: 45 / 100
- Infrastructure: 48 / 100
- Healthcare: 83 / 100
- Population: 98 / 100
- Livability: 19 / 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
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- Emergency savings per resident tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident 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 large future debt will be: 35.7%（50 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 6.4%（64 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 92%（47 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 26.3k¥（7 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 98.9%（80 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 41.7k¥（17 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 89.8%（39 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 92.5%（58 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 76.8pts（23 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 2.2%（8 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 3.4（91 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 15.3（74 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 82.8pts（87 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 69.6%（99 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: 0.4%（96 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 18.1%（99 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.6stations/10k（42 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 3.1stores/1k（1 / 100）
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