Barnesville vs St. Clairsville

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

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

St. Clairsville has the higher population (5,043 vs 3,602 in Barnesville). St. Clairsville has the higher median household income ($73,534 vs $52,442 in Barnesville). St. Clairsville has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $102,200 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
Population	3,602	5,043
Median age	39.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,442	$73,534
Median home value	$102,200	$197,600
Median gross rent	$545	$966
Housing units	1,731	2,514
Homeownership rate	60.2%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
Population	3,546 → 3,602 (+1.6%)	5,072 → 5,043 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$43,506 → $52,442 (+20.5%)	$70,688 → $73,534 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $102,200 (+25.9%)	$180,700 → $197,600 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $545 (-3.0%)	$745 → $966 (+29.7%)

Barnesville

Population

3,5463,602

Median household income

$43,506$52,442

Median home value

$81,200$102,200

Median gross rent

$562$545

St. Clairsville

Population

5,0725,043

Median household income

$70,688$73,534

Median home value

$180,700$197,600

Median gross rent

$745$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
Under 5	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.9%
75 and over	10.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.0%
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%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
Drove alone	83.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
1-unit, detached	66.4%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	St. Clairsville
Poverty rate	20.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1957	1970