New Knoxville vs Wapakoneta

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

New Knoxville 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 1,056 in New Knoxville). New Knoxville has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $61,628 in Wapakoneta). New Knoxville has the higher median home value ($171,700 vs $146,000 in Wapakoneta).

Population, income & housing

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
Population	1,056	9,867
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$61,628
Median home value	$171,700	$146,000
Median gross rent	$840	$789
Housing units	397	4,720
Homeownership rate	65.8%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
Population	1,084 → 1,056 (-2.6%)	9,683 → 9,867 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$54,474 → $79,375 (+45.7%)	$57,512 → $61,628 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $171,700 (+38.9%)	$107,900 → $146,000 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $840 (+9.1%)	$691 → $789 (+14.2%)

New Knoxville

Population

1,0841,056

Median household income

$54,474$79,375

Median home value

$123,600$171,700

Median gross rent

$770$840

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)

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
Under 5	9.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	4.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
No high school diploma	2.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
Drove alone	87.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
1-unit, detached	72.3%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	New Knoxville	Wapakoneta
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1956	1974