Bluffton vs Delphos

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffton and Delphos: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluffton and Delphos are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Delphos has the higher population (7,063 vs 3,799 in Bluffton). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($77,382 vs $58,359 in Delphos). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $125,400 in Delphos).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Delphos
Population	3,799	7,063
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,382	$58,359
Median home value	$192,500	$125,400
Median gross rent	$834	$830
Housing units	1,520	3,294
Homeownership rate	72.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Delphos
Population	4,122 → 3,799 (-7.8%)	7,020 → 7,063 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$74,318 → $77,382 (+4.1%)	$50,571 → $58,359 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $192,500 (+18.9%)	$96,500 → $125,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $834 (+11.6%)	$739 → $830 (+12.3%)

Bluffton

Population

4,1223,799

Median household income

$74,318$77,382

Median home value

$161,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$747$834

Delphos

Population

7,0207,063

Median household income

$50,571$58,359

Median home value

$96,500$125,400

Median gross rent

$739$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Delphos
Under 5	5.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	14.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.5%
75 and over	8.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Delphos
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Delphos
No high school diploma	1.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Delphos
Drove alone	69.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Delphos
1-unit, detached	71.4%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Delphos
Poverty rate	1.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1970	1957