Park Layne vs South Charleston

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

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

Park Layne has the higher population (4,193 vs 1,655 in South Charleston). Park Layne has the higher median household income ($63,450 vs $50,952 in South Charleston). South Charleston has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $116,600 in Park Layne).

Population, income & housing

	Park Layne	South Charleston
Population	4,193	1,655
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,450	$50,952
Median home value	$116,600	$131,500
Median gross rent	$849	$700
Housing units	1,713	842
Homeownership rate	78.9%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Layne	South Charleston
Population	4,264 → 4,193 (-1.7%)	1,865 → 1,655 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$48,575 → $63,450 (+30.6%)	$42,989 → $50,952 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $116,600 (+37.2%)	$99,300 → $131,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $849 (+10.7%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Park Layne

Population

4,2644,193

Median household income

$48,575$63,450

Median home value

$85,000$116,600

Median gross rent

$767$849

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)

	Park Layne	South Charleston
Under 5	7.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.5%
75 and over	6.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Layne	South Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Layne	South Charleston
No high school diploma	15.1%	13.2%
High school graduate	49.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Layne	South Charleston
Drove alone	77.4%	88.3%
Carpooled	15.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Layne	South Charleston
1-unit, detached	90.5%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	18.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Park Layne	South Charleston
Poverty rate	15.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1965	1966