Defiance vs Hicksville

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Hicksville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Defiance has the higher population (16,830 vs 3,228 in Hicksville). Hicksville has the higher median household income ($64,473 vs $63,118 in Defiance). Hicksville has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $134,600 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Hicksville
Population	16,830	3,228
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,118	$64,473
Median home value	$134,600	$142,500
Median gross rent	$841	$733
Housing units	7,924	1,273
Homeownership rate	68.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Hicksville
Population	16,990 → 16,830 (-0.9%)	3,410 → 3,228 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$49,628 → $63,118 (+27.2%)	$61,910 → $64,473 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $134,600 (+19.2%)	$96,600 → $142,500 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $841 (+16.2%)	$769 → $733 (-4.7%)

Defiance

Population

16,99016,830

Median household income

$49,628$63,118

Median home value

$112,900$134,600

Median gross rent

$724$841

Hicksville

Population

3,4103,228

Median household income

$61,910$64,473

Median home value

$96,600$142,500

Median gross rent

$769$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Hicksville
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	19.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Hicksville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	84.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Hicksville
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	37.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Hicksville
Drove alone	85.8%	67.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Hicksville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Hicksville
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1963	1962