Huron vs Sandusky

A side-by-side comparison of Huron and Sandusky: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandusky has the higher population (24,748 vs 6,824 in Huron). Huron has the higher median household income ($73,429 vs $47,827 in Sandusky). Huron has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $104,800 in Sandusky).

Population, income & housing

	Huron	Sandusky
Population	6,824	24,748
Median age	50.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,429	$47,827
Median home value	$205,900	$104,800
Median gross rent	$995	$848
Housing units	3,604	13,277
Homeownership rate	77.7%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huron	Sandusky
Population	6,921 → 6,824 (-1.4%)	24,829 → 24,748 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $73,429 (+23.7%)	$38,380 → $47,827 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$154,500 → $205,900 (+33.3%)	$86,600 → $104,800 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $995 (+18.6%)	$724 → $848 (+17.1%)

Huron

Population

6,9216,824

Median household income

$59,375$73,429

Median home value

$154,500$205,900

Median gross rent

$839$995

Sandusky

Population

24,82924,748

Median household income

$38,380$47,827

Median home value

$86,600$104,800

Median gross rent

$724$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huron	Sandusky
Under 5	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.6%
75 and over	14.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huron	Sandusky
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huron	Sandusky
No high school diploma	2.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	24.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huron	Sandusky
Drove alone	88.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huron	Sandusky
1-unit, detached	73.3%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Huron	Sandusky
Poverty rate	8.5%	24.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1966	1954