Gettysburg vs Wayne Lakes

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

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

Wayne Lakes has the higher population (843 vs 538 in Gettysburg). Gettysburg has the higher median household income ($63,594 vs $61,250 in Wayne Lakes). Wayne Lakes has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $106,300 in Gettysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
Population	538	843
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,594	$61,250
Median home value	$106,300	$124,000
Median gross rent	$954	$748
Housing units	196	374
Homeownership rate	66.5%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
Population	576 → 538 (-6.6%)	715 → 843 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$45,139 → $63,594 (+40.9%)	$49,545 → $61,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $106,300 (+32.4%)	$102,900 → $124,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $954 (+21.5%)	$708 → $748 (+5.6%)

Gettysburg

Population

576538

Median household income

$45,139$63,594

Median home value

$80,300$106,300

Median gross rent

$785$954

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)

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
Under 5	8.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	29.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	7.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	16.5%
75 and over	2.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
No high school diploma	15.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	50.3%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
Drove alone	82.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	13.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
1-unit, detached	89.3%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gettysburg	Wayne Lakes
Poverty rate	5.2%	4.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1944	1966