Nelsonville vs The Plains

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

Nelsonville and The Plains 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 2,584 in The Plains). The Plains has the higher median household income ($51,397 vs $42,281 in Nelsonville). The Plains has the higher median home value ($244,300 vs $90,700 in Nelsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Nelsonville	The Plains
Population	3,816	2,584
Median age	29.4 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,281	$51,397
Median home value	$90,700	$244,300
Median gross rent	$760	$895
Housing units	1,810	1,622
Homeownership rate	38.9%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nelsonville	The Plains
Population	4,769 → 3,816 (-20.0%)	2,946 → 2,584 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$28,886 → $42,281 (+46.4%)	$36,250 → $51,397 (+41.8%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $90,700 (+15.4%)	$151,100 → $244,300 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $760 (+1.3%)	$759 → $895 (+17.9%)

Nelsonville

Population

4,7693,816

Median household income

$28,886$42,281

Median home value

$78,600$90,700

Median gross rent

$750$760

The Plains

Population

2,9462,584

Median household income

$36,250$51,397

Median home value

$151,100$244,300

Median gross rent

$759$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nelsonville	The Plains
Under 5	7.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	2.5%
18 to 24	23.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	24.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	31.8%
75 and over	2.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nelsonville	The Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nelsonville	The Plains
No high school diploma	16.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nelsonville	The Plains
Drove alone	81.6%	67.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nelsonville	The Plains
1-unit, detached	53.3%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Nelsonville	The Plains
Poverty rate	20.7%	19.9%
Average household size	2.33	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1949	1984