Chauncey vs Nelsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Chauncey and Nelsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nelsonville has the higher population (3,816 vs 822 in Chauncey). Nelsonville has the higher median household income ($42,281 vs $36,356 in Chauncey). Nelsonville has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $74,000 in Chauncey).

Population, income & housing

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
Population	822	3,816
Median age	47.3 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,356	$42,281
Median home value	$74,000	$90,700
Median gross rent	$743	$760
Housing units	430	1,810
Homeownership rate	60.4%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
Population	1,056 → 822 (-22.2%)	4,769 → 3,816 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$29,677 → $36,356 (+22.5%)	$28,886 → $42,281 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $74,000 (+19.2%)	$78,600 → $90,700 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $743 (+17.7%)	$750 → $760 (+1.3%)

Chauncey

Population

1,056822

Median household income

$29,677$36,356

Median home value

$62,100$74,000

Median gross rent

$631$743

Nelsonville

Population

4,7693,816

Median household income

$28,886$42,281

Median home value

$78,600$90,700

Median gross rent

$750$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
Under 5	2.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	23.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	20.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	22.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.1%
75 and over	6.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
No high school diploma	14.9%	16.6%
High school graduate	43.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
Drove alone	80.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
1-unit, detached	65.3%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Chauncey	Nelsonville
Poverty rate	29.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1959	1949