Orwell vs Roaming Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Orwell and Roaming Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Orwell 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 1,854 in Orwell). Roaming Shores has the higher median household income ($98,393 vs $43,670 in Orwell). Roaming Shores has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $127,000 in Orwell).

Population, income & housing

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
Population	1,854	2,024
Median age	34.9 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,670	$98,393
Median home value	$127,000	$210,900
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	879	1,070
Homeownership rate	42.1%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
Population	1,563 → 1,854 (+18.6%)	1,545 → 2,024 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$42,667 → $43,670 (+2.4%)	$88,462 → $98,393 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $127,000 (+18.8%)	$166,000 → $210,900 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $750 (+17.4%)	$1,270 → $728 (-42.7%)

Orwell

Population

1,5631,854

Median household income

$42,667$43,670

Median home value

$106,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$639$750

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)

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
Under 5	6.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	22.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.6%
75 and over	5.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
No high school diploma	12.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
Drove alone	80.7%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
1-unit, detached	38.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orwell	Roaming Shores
Poverty rate	27.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1974	1994