Birmingham vs Kelleys Island

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Kelleys Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kelleys Island has the higher population (198 vs 182 in Birmingham). Kelleys Island has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $26,593 in Birmingham). Kelleys Island has the higher median home value ($333,300 vs $165,900 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
Population	182	198
Median age	66.4 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,593	$91,875
Median home value	$165,900	$333,300
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	160	966
Homeownership rate	31.4%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
Population	331 → 182 (-45.0%)	236 → 198 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$67,746 → $26,593 (-60.7%)	$59,444 → $91,875 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $165,900 (+41.8%)	$293,500 → $333,300 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Birmingham

Population

331182

Median household income

$67,746$26,593

Median home value

$117,000$165,900

Kelleys Island

Population

236198

Median household income

$59,444$91,875

Median home value

$293,500$333,300

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	1.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	2.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.1%
55 to 64	5.5%	26.3%
65 to 74	63.2%	44.4%
75 and over	6.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	85.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	8.8%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
Drove alone	69.9%	50.8%
Carpooled	30.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	11.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	32.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Kelleys Island
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.1%
Average household size	1.50	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1938	1986