Hamburg vs Thurston

A side-by-side comparison of Hamburg and Thurston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thurston has the higher population (615 vs 447 in Hamburg). Hamburg has the higher median household income ($74,524 vs $47,679 in Thurston). Hamburg has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $144,700 in Thurston).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Thurston
Population	447	615
Median age	58.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,524	$47,679
Median home value	$255,400	$144,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,082
Housing units	248	254
Homeownership rate	92.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Thurston
Population	485 → 447 (-7.8%)	609 → 615 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$70,333 → $74,524 (+6.0%)	$42,143 → $47,679 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$252,400 → $255,400 (+1.2%)	$103,100 → $144,700 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$890 → $1,082 (+21.6%)

Hamburg

Population

485447

Median household income

$70,333$74,524

Median home value

$252,400$255,400

Thurston

Population

609615

Median household income

$42,143$47,679

Median home value

$103,100$144,700

Median gross rent

$890$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamburg	Thurston
Under 5	2.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	1.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	22.4%	19.0%
55 to 64	24.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	33.3%	5.9%
75 and over	4.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Thurston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.1%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Thurston
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Thurston
Drove alone	71.8%	90.7%
Carpooled	24.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Thurston
1-unit, detached	94.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Thurston
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1977	1967