Minster vs Wapakoneta

A side-by-side comparison of Minster and Wapakoneta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wapakoneta has the higher population (9,867 vs 3,213 in Minster). Minster has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $61,628 in Wapakoneta). Minster has the higher median home value ($258,000 vs $146,000 in Wapakoneta).

Population, income & housing

	Minster	Wapakoneta
Population	3,213	9,867
Median age	35.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$61,628
Median home value	$258,000	$146,000
Median gross rent	$927	$789
Housing units	1,211	4,720
Homeownership rate	85.1%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minster	Wapakoneta
Population	2,695 → 3,213 (+19.2%)	9,683 → 9,867 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$87,250 → $91,250 (+4.6%)	$57,512 → $61,628 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$186,500 → $258,000 (+38.3%)	$107,900 → $146,000 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $927 (+11.8%)	$691 → $789 (+14.2%)

Minster

Population

2,6953,213

Median household income

$87,250$91,250

Median home value

$186,500$258,000

Median gross rent

$829$927

Wapakoneta

Population

9,6839,867

Median household income

$57,512$61,628

Median home value

$107,900$146,000

Median gross rent

$691$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minster	Wapakoneta
Under 5	7.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.9%
75 and over	8.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minster	Wapakoneta
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minster	Wapakoneta
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minster	Wapakoneta
Drove alone	84.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minster	Wapakoneta
1-unit, detached	82.7%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Minster	Wapakoneta
Poverty rate	2.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1966	1974