East Liverpool vs East Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of East Liverpool and East Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

East Liverpool and East Palestine are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Liverpool has the higher population (9,869 vs 4,699 in East Palestine). East Palestine has the higher median household income ($49,006 vs $37,262 in East Liverpool). East Palestine has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $78,100 in East Liverpool).

Population, income & housing

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
Population	9,869	4,699
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,262	$49,006
Median home value	$78,100	$114,100
Median gross rent	$717	$824
Housing units	4,800	2,282
Homeownership rate	55.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
Population	10,692 → 9,869 (-7.7%)	4,493 → 4,699 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$32,119 → $37,262 (+16.0%)	$49,615 → $49,006 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $78,100 (+40.5%)	$87,600 → $114,100 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $717 (+10.5%)	$822 → $824 (+0.2%)

East Liverpool

Population

10,6929,869

Median household income

$32,119$37,262

Median home value

$55,600$78,100

Median gross rent

$649$717

East Palestine

Population

4,4934,699

Median household income

$49,615$49,006

Median home value

$87,600$114,100

Median gross rent

$822$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
Under 5	6.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.6%
75 and over	4.7%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
No high school diploma	14.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	46.8%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
Drove alone	80.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	19.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
1-unit, detached	74.8%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	East Liverpool	East Palestine
Poverty rate	29.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1949	1948