Bluffton vs Elida

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

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

Bluffton has the higher population (3,799 vs 2,017 in Elida). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($77,382 vs $74,798 in Elida). Elida has the higher median home value ($206,600 vs $192,500 in Bluffton).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Elida
Population	3,799	2,017
Median age	35.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,382	$74,798
Median home value	$192,500	$206,600
Median gross rent	$834	$1,175
Housing units	1,520	812
Homeownership rate	72.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Elida
Population	4,122 → 3,799 (-7.8%)	2,233 → 2,017 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$74,318 → $77,382 (+4.1%)	$67,344 → $74,798 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $192,500 (+18.9%)	$154,400 → $206,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $834 (+11.6%)	$1,040 → $1,175 (+13.0%)

Bluffton

Population

4,1223,799

Median household income

$74,318$77,382

Median home value

$161,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$747$834

Elida

Population

2,2332,017

Median household income

$67,344$74,798

Median home value

$154,400$206,600

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Elida
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	14.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.7%
75 and over	8.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Elida
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Elida
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Elida
Drove alone	69.9%	87.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Elida
1-unit, detached	71.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Elida
Poverty rate	1.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1970	1971