Delaware vs Powell

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

Delaware and Powell 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 14,229 in Powell). Powell has the higher median household income ($191,250 vs $92,928 in Delaware). Powell has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $279,400 in Delaware).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware	Powell
Population	43,168	14,229
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,928	$191,250
Median home value	$279,400	$493,500
Median gross rent	$1,203	$2,236
Housing units	17,347	5,583
Homeownership rate	62.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware	Powell
Population	40,568 → 43,168 (+6.4%)	13,141 → 14,229 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$69,087 → $92,928 (+34.5%)	$157,149 → $191,250 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $279,400 (+49.5%)	$372,700 → $493,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,203 (+29.2%)	$1,677 → $2,236 (+33.3%)

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

Powell

Population

13,14114,229

Median household income

$157,149$191,250

Median home value

$372,700$493,500

Median gross rent

$1,677$2,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware	Powell
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	17.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.6%
75 and over	5.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware	Powell
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.7%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware	Powell
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.0%
High school graduate	24.4%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware	Powell
Drove alone	73.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.7%	26.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware	Powell
1-unit, detached	61.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware	Powell
Poverty rate	8.7%	1.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1993	2001