Jōetsu, Niigata
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
- 152226
- Population
- 180,440
- Overall score
- 41 / 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: 23 / 100
- Infrastructure: 66 / 100
- Healthcare: 72 / 100
- Population: 56 / 100
- Livability: 56 / 100
Strengths
- How much water costs are covered by bills looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Share of spending used for upkeep 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
- How tightly the budget is locked in 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: 55.6%（29 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 10.5%（19 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 93.7%（34 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 29.8k¥（10 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 90.6%（49 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 56.5k¥（31 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 115.5%（93 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 101.4%（84 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 62.4pts（38 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 67.9%（98 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.2（77 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 13.3（67 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 71.8pts（74 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 55.3%（56 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -32.1%（56 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 34%（56 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.9stations/10k（54 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.1stores/1k（57 / 100）
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