Glouster vs Nelsonville

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

Glouster 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 1,556 in Glouster). Nelsonville has the higher median household income ($42,281 vs $37,639 in Glouster). Nelsonville has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $75,300 in Glouster).

Population, income & housing

	Glouster	Nelsonville
Population	1,556	3,816
Median age	42.1 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,639	$42,281
Median home value	$75,300	$90,700
Median gross rent	$761	$760
Housing units	756	1,810
Homeownership rate	67.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glouster	Nelsonville
Population	1,896 → 1,556 (-17.9%)	4,769 → 3,816 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$30,880 → $37,639 (+21.9%)	$28,886 → $42,281 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$58,100 → $75,300 (+29.6%)	$78,600 → $90,700 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $761 (+15.0%)	$750 → $760 (+1.3%)

Glouster

Population

1,8961,556

Median household income

$30,880$37,639

Median home value

$58,100$75,300

Median gross rent

$662$761

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)

	Glouster	Nelsonville
Under 5	6.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	23.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.1%
75 and over	8.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glouster	Nelsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glouster	Nelsonville
No high school diploma	13.9%	16.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glouster	Nelsonville
Drove alone	77.1%	81.6%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glouster	Nelsonville
1-unit, detached	79.1%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Glouster	Nelsonville
Poverty rate	27.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1946	1949