Arcanum vs Wayne Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Arcanum and Wayne Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arcanum has the higher population (2,850 vs 843 in Wayne Lakes). Wayne Lakes has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $52,380 in Arcanum). Arcanum has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $124,000 in Wayne Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
Population	2,850	843
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,380	$61,250
Median home value	$147,300	$124,000
Median gross rent	$817	$748
Housing units	1,214	374
Homeownership rate	69.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
Population	2,195 → 2,850 (+29.8%)	715 → 843 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$56,750 → $52,380 (-7.7%)	$49,545 → $61,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $147,300 (+13.6%)	$102,900 → $124,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $817 (+16.5%)	$708 → $748 (+5.6%)

Arcanum

Population

2,1952,850

Median household income

$56,750$52,380

Median home value

$129,700$147,300

Median gross rent

$701$817

Wayne Lakes

Population

715843

Median household income

$49,545$61,250

Median home value

$102,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$708$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
Under 5	6.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.5%
75 and over	7.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
Drove alone	88.6%	85.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.6%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
1-unit, detached	80.8%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcanum	Wayne Lakes
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1969	1966