Sugar Grove vs Thurston

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

Sugar Grove 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 396 in Sugar Grove). Sugar Grove has the higher median household income ($68,000 vs $47,679 in Thurston). Sugar Grove has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $144,700 in Thurston).

Population, income & housing

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
Population	396	615
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,000	$47,679
Median home value	$171,300	$144,700
Median gross rent	$1,078	$1,082
Housing units	160	254
Homeownership rate	81.8%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
Population	370 → 396 (+7.0%)	609 → 615 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$56,591 → $68,000 (+20.2%)	$42,143 → $47,679 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $171,300 (+62.8%)	$103,100 → $144,700 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,078 (-14.6%)	$890 → $1,082 (+21.6%)

Sugar Grove

Population

370396

Median household income

$56,591$68,000

Median home value

$105,200$171,300

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,078

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)

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
Under 5	3.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	19.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.9%
75 and over	3.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
Drove alone	72.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
1-unit, detached	91.9%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Sugar Grove	Thurston
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1938	1967