Geneva-on-the-Lake vs Orwell

A side-by-side comparison of Geneva-on-the-Lake and Orwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orwell has the higher population (1,854 vs 896 in Geneva-on-the-Lake). Geneva-on-the-Lake has the higher median household income ($45,655 vs $43,670 in Orwell). Orwell has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $123,500 in Geneva-on-the-Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
Population	896	1,854
Median age	48.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,655	$43,670
Median home value	$123,500	$127,000
Median gross rent	$775	$750
Housing units	1,147	879
Homeownership rate	68.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
Population	1,169 → 896 (-23.4%)	1,563 → 1,854 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$39,609 → $45,655 (+15.3%)	$42,667 → $43,670 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $123,500 (+46.5%)	$106,900 → $127,000 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $775 (+20.7%)	$639 → $750 (+17.4%)

Geneva-on-the-Lake

Population

1,169896

Median household income

$39,609$45,655

Median home value

$84,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$642$775

Orwell

Population

1,5631,854

Median household income

$42,667$43,670

Median home value

$106,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$639$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	6.3%
75 and over	9.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	47.4%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
Drove alone	77.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
1-unit, detached	64.3%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Orwell
Poverty rate	16.9%	27.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1957	1974