Coolville vs Nelsonville

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

Coolville 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 595 in Coolville). Coolville has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $42,281 in Nelsonville). Coolville has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $90,700 in Nelsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Coolville	Nelsonville
Population	595	3,816
Median age	47.3 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$42,281
Median home value	$122,700	$90,700
Median gross rent	$748	$760
Housing units	269	1,810
Homeownership rate	81.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coolville	Nelsonville
Population	647 → 595 (-8.0%)	4,769 → 3,816 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$50,972 → $48,333 (-5.2%)	$28,886 → $42,281 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $122,700 (+39.3%)	$78,600 → $90,700 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $748 (-9.3%)	$750 → $760 (+1.3%)

Coolville

Population

647595

Median household income

$50,972$48,333

Median home value

$88,100$122,700

Median gross rent

$825$748

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)

	Coolville	Nelsonville
Under 5	2.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	23.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	20.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.1%
75 and over	5.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coolville	Nelsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coolville	Nelsonville
No high school diploma	8.4%	16.6%
High school graduate	49.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coolville	Nelsonville
Drove alone	77.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	16.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coolville	Nelsonville
1-unit, detached	86.6%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Coolville	Nelsonville
Poverty rate	18.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1954	1949