Ashtabula vs Geneva

A side-by-side comparison of Ashtabula and Geneva: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashtabula has the higher population (17,919 vs 5,912 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median household income ($48,357 vs $43,782 in Ashtabula). Geneva has the higher median home value ($138,900 vs $99,200 in Ashtabula).

Population, income & housing

	Ashtabula	Geneva
Population	17,919	5,912
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,782	$48,357
Median home value	$99,200	$138,900
Median gross rent	$790	$821
Housing units	8,666	2,519
Homeownership rate	55.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashtabula	Geneva
Population	18,171 → 17,919 (-1.4%)	5,978 → 5,912 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$29,566 → $43,782 (+48.1%)	$36,000 → $48,357 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $99,200 (+37.4%)	$100,900 → $138,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $790 (+22.3%)	$669 → $821 (+22.7%)

Ashtabula

Population

18,17117,919

Median household income

$29,566$43,782

Median home value

$72,200$99,200

Median gross rent

$646$790

Geneva

Population

5,9785,912

Median household income

$36,000$48,357

Median home value

$100,900$138,900

Median gross rent

$669$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashtabula	Geneva
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.3%
75 and over	7.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashtabula	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	8.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashtabula	Geneva
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	43.3%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashtabula	Geneva
Drove alone	81.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashtabula	Geneva
1-unit, detached	71.7%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.8%
20 or more units	7.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashtabula	Geneva
Poverty rate	31.6%	20.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1948	1959