Sandusky vs Vermilion

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

Sandusky and Vermilion 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 10,451 in Vermilion). Vermilion has the higher median household income ($73,052 vs $47,827 in Sandusky). Vermilion has the higher median home value ($172,000 vs $104,800 in Sandusky).

Population, income & housing

	Sandusky	Vermilion
Population	24,748	10,451
Median age	36.2 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,827	$73,052
Median home value	$104,800	$172,000
Median gross rent	$848	$1,123
Housing units	13,277	5,249
Homeownership rate	49.1%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandusky	Vermilion
Population	24,829 → 24,748 (-0.3%)	10,479 → 10,451 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$38,380 → $47,827 (+24.6%)	$63,715 → $73,052 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $104,800 (+21.0%)	$140,800 → $172,000 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $848 (+17.1%)	$890 → $1,123 (+26.2%)

Sandusky

Population

24,82924,748

Median household income

$38,380$47,827

Median home value

$86,600$104,800

Median gross rent

$724$848

Vermilion

Population

10,47910,451

Median household income

$63,715$73,052

Median home value

$140,800$172,000

Median gross rent

$890$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandusky	Vermilion
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.8%
75 and over	6.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandusky	Vermilion
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	21.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandusky	Vermilion
No high school diploma	12.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandusky	Vermilion
Drove alone	78.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandusky	Vermilion
1-unit, detached	59.2%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Sandusky	Vermilion
Poverty rate	24.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1954	1966