Barnesville vs Shadyside

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

Barnesville and Shadyside 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 3,458 in Shadyside). Shadyside has the higher median household income ($55,081 vs $52,442 in Barnesville). Shadyside has the higher median home value ($125,100 vs $102,200 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Shadyside
Population	3,602	3,458
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,442	$55,081
Median home value	$102,200	$125,100
Median gross rent	$545	$854
Housing units	1,731	1,848
Homeownership rate	60.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Shadyside
Population	3,546 → 3,602 (+1.6%)	3,727 → 3,458 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$43,506 → $52,442 (+20.5%)	$52,227 → $55,081 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $102,200 (+25.9%)	$96,300 → $125,100 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $545 (-3.0%)	$669 → $854 (+27.7%)

Barnesville

Population

3,5463,602

Median household income

$43,506$52,442

Median home value

$81,200$102,200

Median gross rent

$562$545

Shadyside

Population

3,7273,458

Median household income

$52,227$55,081

Median home value

$96,300$125,100

Median gross rent

$669$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Shadyside
Under 5	3.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	20.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.0%
75 and over	10.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Shadyside
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Shadyside
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Shadyside
Drove alone	83.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Shadyside
1-unit, detached	66.4%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Shadyside
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1957	1953