Bluffton vs Lima

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

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

Lima has the higher population (35,304 vs 3,799 in Bluffton). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($77,382 vs $43,370 in Lima). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $95,900 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Lima
Population	3,799	35,304
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,382	$43,370
Median home value	$192,500	$95,900
Median gross rent	$834	$865
Housing units	1,520	15,802
Homeownership rate	72.3%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Lima
Population	4,122 → 3,799 (-7.8%)	37,117 → 35,304 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$74,318 → $77,382 (+4.1%)	$35,799 → $43,370 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $192,500 (+18.9%)	$66,600 → $95,900 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $834 (+11.6%)	$667 → $865 (+29.7%)

Bluffton

Population

4,1223,799

Median household income

$74,318$77,382

Median home value

$161,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$747$834

Lima

Population

37,11735,304

Median household income

$35,799$43,370

Median home value

$66,600$95,900

Median gross rent

$667$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Lima
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	14.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.3%
75 and over	8.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	62.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Lima
No high school diploma	1.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Lima
Drove alone	69.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	9.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Lima
1-unit, detached	71.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Lima
Poverty rate	1.6%	24.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1970	1953