Elida vs Fort Shawnee

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

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

Fort Shawnee has the higher population (5,952 vs 2,017 in Elida). Fort Shawnee has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $74,798 in Elida). Elida has the higher median home value ($206,600 vs $187,800 in Fort Shawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
Population	2,017	5,952
Median age	39.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,798	$88,606
Median home value	$206,600	$187,800
Median gross rent	$1,175	$970
Housing units	812	2,683
Homeownership rate	78.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
Population	2,233 → 2,017 (-9.7%)	6,009 → 5,952 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$67,344 → $74,798 (+11.1%)	$72,192 → $88,606 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$154,400 → $206,600 (+33.8%)	$134,500 → $187,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,175 (+13.0%)	$737 → $970 (+31.6%)

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

Fort Shawnee

Population

6,0095,952

Median household income

$72,192$88,606

Median home value

$134,500$187,800

Median gross rent

$737$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
Under 5	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.6%
75 and over	7.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	86.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
Drove alone	87.9%	88.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
1-unit, detached	93.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Elida	Fort Shawnee
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1971	1973