Warsaw vs West Lafayette

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

Warsaw 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 534 in Warsaw). West Lafayette has the higher median household income ($45,364 vs $36,827 in Warsaw). Warsaw has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $92,300 in West Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
Population	534	2,759
Median age	48.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,827	$45,364
Median home value	$118,400	$92,300
Median gross rent	$677	$723
Housing units	305	1,204
Homeownership rate	70.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
Population	604 → 534 (-11.6%)	2,307 → 2,759 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$53,162 → $36,827 (-30.7%)	$36,827 → $45,364 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $118,400 (+42.3%)	$72,500 → $92,300 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $677 (+7.3%)	$635 → $723 (+13.9%)

Warsaw

Population

604534

Median household income

$53,162$36,827

Median home value

$83,200$118,400

Median gross rent

$631$677

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)

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	17.2%	11.2%
75 and over	7.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
No high school diploma	8.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
Drove alone	84.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
1-unit, detached	75.4%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Warsaw	West Lafayette
Poverty rate	13.7%	30.6%
Average household size	1.90	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1953	1958