Barnesville vs Powhatan Point

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Powhatan Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnesville has the higher population (3,602 vs 1,511 in Powhatan Point). Barnesville has the higher median household income ($52,442 vs $49,453 in Powhatan Point). Powhatan Point has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $102,200 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
Population	3,602	1,511
Median age	39.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,442	$49,453
Median home value	$102,200	$110,000
Median gross rent	$545	$453
Housing units	1,731	806
Homeownership rate	60.2%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
Population	3,546 → 3,602 (+1.6%)	1,642 → 1,511 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$43,506 → $52,442 (+20.5%)	$41,929 → $49,453 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $102,200 (+25.9%)	$88,500 → $110,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $545 (-3.0%)	$442 → $453 (+2.5%)

Barnesville

Population

3,5463,602

Median household income

$43,506$52,442

Median home value

$81,200$102,200

Median gross rent

$562$545

Powhatan Point

Population

1,6421,511

Median household income

$41,929$49,453

Median home value

$88,500$110,000

Median gross rent

$442$453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
Under 5	3.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	17.5%
75 and over	10.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
No high school diploma	13.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
Drove alone	83.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
1-unit, detached	66.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Powhatan Point
Poverty rate	20.1%	22.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1963