Fort Shawnee vs Lima

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

Fort Shawnee 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 5,952 in Fort Shawnee). Fort Shawnee has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $43,370 in Lima). Fort Shawnee has the higher median home value ($187,800 vs $95,900 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
Population	5,952	35,304
Median age	44.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,606	$43,370
Median home value	$187,800	$95,900
Median gross rent	$970	$865
Housing units	2,683	15,802
Homeownership rate	83.8%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
Population	6,009 → 5,952 (-0.9%)	37,117 → 35,304 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,606 (+22.7%)	$35,799 → $43,370 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $187,800 (+39.6%)	$66,600 → $95,900 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $970 (+31.6%)	$667 → $865 (+29.7%)

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

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)

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.3%
75 and over	8.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	62.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
No high school diploma	2.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
Drove alone	88.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
1-unit, detached	77.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Shawnee	Lima
Poverty rate	6.3%	24.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1973	1953