Geneva-on-the-Lake vs Roaming Shores

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

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

Roaming Shores has the higher population (2,024 vs 896 in Geneva-on-the-Lake). Roaming Shores has the higher median household income ($98,393 vs $45,655 in Geneva-on-the-Lake). Roaming Shores has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $123,500 in Geneva-on-the-Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
Population	896	2,024
Median age	48.7 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,655	$98,393
Median home value	$123,500	$210,900
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	1,147	1,070
Homeownership rate	68.5%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
Population	1,169 → 896 (-23.4%)	1,545 → 2,024 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$39,609 → $45,655 (+15.3%)	$88,462 → $98,393 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $123,500 (+46.5%)	$166,000 → $210,900 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $775 (+20.7%)	$1,270 → $728 (-42.7%)

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

Roaming Shores

Population

1,5452,024

Median household income

$88,462$98,393

Median home value

$166,000$210,900

Median gross rent

$1,270$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	22.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.6%
75 and over	9.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	47.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
Drove alone	77.7%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
1-unit, detached	64.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Geneva-on-the-Lake	Roaming Shores
Poverty rate	16.9%	5.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1957	1994