Octa vs Washington Court House

A side-by-side comparison of Octa and Washington Court House: population, income, housing, and more.

Octa and Washington Court House are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washington Court House has the higher population (14,406 vs 68 in Octa). Washington Court House has the higher median household income ($55,571 vs $21,250 in Octa). Washington Court House has the higher median home value ($148,100 vs $78,600 in Octa).

Population, income & housing

	Octa	Washington Court House
Population	68	14,406
Median age	29.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$21,250	$55,571
Median home value	$78,600	$148,100
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	47	6,502
Homeownership rate	69.2%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Octa	Washington Court House
Population	51 → 68 (+33.3%)	14,114 → 14,406 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $21,250 (-33.3%)	$42,238 → $55,571 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $78,600 (+36.7%)	$106,300 → $148,100 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $600 (+12.1%)	$717 → $783 (+9.2%)

Octa

Population

5168

Median household income

$31,875$21,250

Median home value

$57,500$78,600

Median gross rent

$535$600

Washington Court House

Population

14,11414,406

Median household income

$42,238$55,571

Median home value

$106,300$148,100

Median gross rent

$717$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Octa	Washington Court House
Under 5	7.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	33.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	22.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	4.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	11.1%
75 and over	14.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Octa	Washington Court House
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Octa	Washington Court House
No high school diploma	20.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	69.2%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Octa	Washington Court House
Drove alone	100.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Octa	Washington Court House
1-unit, detached	57.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	42.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Octa	Washington Court House
Poverty rate	73.5%	18.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1991	1964