East Palestine vs Wellsville

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

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

East Palestine has the higher population (4,699 vs 3,096 in Wellsville). East Palestine has the higher median household income ($49,006 vs $29,440 in Wellsville). East Palestine has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $55,400 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	East Palestine	Wellsville
Population	4,699	3,096
Median age	40.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,006	$29,440
Median home value	$114,100	$55,400
Median gross rent	$824	$753
Housing units	2,282	1,683
Homeownership rate	66.7%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Palestine	Wellsville
Population	4,493 → 4,699 (+4.6%)	3,352 → 3,096 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$49,615 → $49,006 (-1.2%)	$28,586 → $29,440 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $114,100 (+30.3%)	$49,000 → $55,400 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $824 (+0.2%)	$514 → $753 (+46.5%)

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

Wellsville

Population

3,3523,096

Median household income

$28,586$29,440

Median home value

$49,000$55,400

Median gross rent

$514$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Palestine	Wellsville
Under 5	8.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.3%
75 and over	12.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Palestine	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Palestine	Wellsville
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Palestine	Wellsville
Drove alone	71.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	19.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Palestine	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	83.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	East Palestine	Wellsville
Poverty rate	9.5%	30.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1948	1938