Barnesville vs Martins Ferry

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Martins Ferry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Martins Ferry has the higher population (6,192 vs 3,602 in Barnesville). Barnesville has the higher median household income ($52,442 vs $43,073 in Martins Ferry). Barnesville has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $92,800 in Martins Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
Population	3,602	6,192
Median age	39.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,442	$43,073
Median home value	$102,200	$92,800
Median gross rent	$545	$809
Housing units	1,731	3,310
Homeownership rate	60.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
Population	3,546 → 3,602 (+1.6%)	6,646 → 6,192 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$43,506 → $52,442 (+20.5%)	$42,348 → $43,073 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $102,200 (+25.9%)	$70,900 → $92,800 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $545 (-3.0%)	$538 → $809 (+50.4%)

Barnesville

Population

3,5463,602

Median household income

$43,506$52,442

Median home value

$81,200$102,200

Median gross rent

$562$545

Martins Ferry

Population

6,6466,192

Median household income

$42,348$43,073

Median home value

$70,900$92,800

Median gross rent

$538$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
Under 5	3.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.1%
75 and over	10.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
No high school diploma	13.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	50.3%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
Drove alone	83.3%	88.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
1-unit, detached	66.4%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Martins Ferry
Poverty rate	20.1%	27.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1957	1944