Medway vs South Charleston

A side-by-side comparison of Medway and South Charleston: population, income, housing, and more.

Medway and South Charleston are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Charleston has the higher population (1,655 vs 709 in Medway). Medway has the higher median household income ($88,059 vs $50,952 in South Charleston). Medway has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $131,500 in South Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Medway	South Charleston
Population	709	1,655
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,059	$50,952
Median home value	$173,600	$131,500
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	319	842
Homeownership rate	94.8%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medway	South Charleston
Population	360 → 709 (+96.9%)	1,865 → 1,655 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$56,848 → $88,059 (+54.9%)	$42,989 → $50,952 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $173,600 (+61.3%)	$99,300 → $131,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $823 (+6.6%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Medway

Population

360709

Median household income

$56,848$88,059

Median home value

$107,600$173,600

Median gross rent

$772$823

South Charleston

Population

1,8651,655

Median household income

$42,989$50,952

Median home value

$99,300$131,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medway	South Charleston
Under 5	6.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	23.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medway	South Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medway	South Charleston
No high school diploma	9.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medway	South Charleston
Drove alone	81.4%	88.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medway	South Charleston
1-unit, detached	96.2%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Medway	South Charleston
Poverty rate	11.4%	17.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1952	1966