Hikawa, Kumamoto
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
- 434680
- Population
- 10,742
- 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: 46 / 100
- Healthcare: 42 / 100
- Population: 33 / 100
- Livability: 52 / 100
Strengths
- How large future debt will be looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How many rail stations there are 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
- How tightly the budget is locked in 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
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: 9.7%（85 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 13%（5 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 93.4%（37 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 105.6k¥（55 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 90.2%（48 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 68.3k¥（42 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 103.9%（75 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 64.9%（29 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 78.9pts（21 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 5.1%（29 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 0.9（32 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 9.8（53 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 42.6pts（41 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 49.7%（27 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -41.4%（38 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 40.6%（28 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 1.9stations/10k（70 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.4stores/1k（37 / 100）
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