Leetonia vs Wellsville

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

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

Wellsville has the higher population (3,096 vs 1,900 in Leetonia). Leetonia has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $29,440 in Wellsville). Leetonia has the higher median home value ($94,000 vs $55,400 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Leetonia	Wellsville
Population	1,900	3,096
Median age	48.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$29,440
Median home value	$94,000	$55,400
Median gross rent	$772	$753
Housing units	979	1,683
Homeownership rate	76.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leetonia	Wellsville
Population	2,218 → 1,900 (-14.3%)	3,352 → 3,096 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$60,197 → $60,893 (+1.2%)	$28,586 → $29,440 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $94,000 (+12.7%)	$49,000 → $55,400 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $772 (-7.8%)	$514 → $753 (+46.5%)

Leetonia

Population

2,2181,900

Median household income

$60,197$60,893

Median home value

$83,400$94,000

Median gross rent

$837$772

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)

	Leetonia	Wellsville
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.3%
75 and over	14.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leetonia	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leetonia	Wellsville
No high school diploma	7.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	51.3%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leetonia	Wellsville
Drove alone	84.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leetonia	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	86.3%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Leetonia	Wellsville
Poverty rate	11.5%	30.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1946	1938