Delaware vs Ostrander

A side-by-side comparison of Delaware and Ostrander: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delaware has the higher population (43,168 vs 993 in Ostrander). Ostrander has the higher median household income ($144,821 vs $92,928 in Delaware). Ostrander has the higher median home value ($438,400 vs $279,400 in Delaware).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware	Ostrander
Population	43,168	993
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,928	$144,821
Median home value	$279,400	$438,400
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,000
Housing units	17,347	296
Homeownership rate	62.0%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware	Ostrander
Population	40,568 → 43,168 (+6.4%)	998 → 993 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$69,087 → $92,928 (+34.5%)	$93,750 → $144,821 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $279,400 (+49.5%)	$235,300 → $438,400 (+86.3%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,203 (+29.2%)	$892 → $1,000 (+12.1%)

Delaware

Population

40,56843,168

Median household income

$69,087$92,928

Median home value

$186,900$279,400

Median gross rent

$931$1,203

Ostrander

Population

998993

Median household income

$93,750$144,821

Median home value

$235,300$438,400

Median gross rent

$892$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware	Ostrander
Under 5	6.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	20.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.2%
75 and over	5.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware	Ostrander
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware	Ostrander
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware	Ostrander
Drove alone	73.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	24.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware	Ostrander
1-unit, detached	61.4%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Delaware	Ostrander
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1993	2001