Northridge vs South Charleston

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

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

Northridge has the higher population (7,546 vs 1,655 in South Charleston). Northridge has the higher median household income ($77,130 vs $50,952 in South Charleston). Northridge has the higher median home value ($171,700 vs $131,500 in South Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Northridge	South Charleston
Population	7,546	1,655
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,130	$50,952
Median home value	$171,700	$131,500
Median gross rent	$1,054	$700
Housing units	3,317	842
Homeownership rate	77.4%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northridge	South Charleston
Population	7,278 → 7,546 (+3.7%)	1,865 → 1,655 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$67,352 → $77,130 (+14.5%)	$42,989 → $50,952 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $171,700 (+28.6%)	$99,300 → $131,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,054 (+22.6%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Northridge

Population

7,2787,546

Median household income

$67,352$77,130

Median home value

$133,500$171,700

Median gross rent

$860$1,054

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)

	Northridge	South Charleston
Under 5	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.5%
75 and over	8.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northridge	South Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northridge	South Charleston
No high school diploma	6.5%	13.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northridge	South Charleston
Drove alone	88.7%	88.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northridge	South Charleston
1-unit, detached	81.3%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	18.1%
20 or more units	8.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Northridge	South Charleston
Poverty rate	12.1%	17.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	1966