Canal Lewisville vs West Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Canal Lewisville and West Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Canal Lewisville and West Lafayette are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Lafayette has the higher population (2,759 vs 628 in Canal Lewisville). Canal Lewisville has the higher median household income ($74,327 vs $45,364 in West Lafayette). West Lafayette has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $57,300 in Canal Lewisville).

Population, income & housing

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
Population	628	2,759
Median age	30.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,327	$45,364
Median home value	$57,300	$92,300
Median gross rent	$1,307	$723
Housing units	247	1,204
Homeownership rate	38.7%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	36.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
Population	393 → 628 (+59.8%)	2,307 → 2,759 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$55,347 → $74,327 (+34.3%)	$36,827 → $45,364 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $57,300 (-22.1%)	$72,500 → $92,300 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,307 (+56.9%)	$635 → $723 (+13.9%)

Canal Lewisville

Population

393628

Median household income

$55,347$74,327

Median home value

$73,600$57,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,307

West Lafayette

Population

2,3072,759

Median household income

$36,827$45,364

Median home value

$72,500$92,300

Median gross rent

$635$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
Under 5	19.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	1.8%	11.2%
75 and over	8.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
No high school diploma	14.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	40.1%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
Drove alone	38.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	61.2%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
1-unit, detached	81.0%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Canal Lewisville	West Lafayette
Poverty rate	23.4%	30.6%
Average household size	3.16	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1970	1958