Canal Winchester vs New Albany

A side-by-side comparison of Canal Winchester and New Albany: population, income, housing, and more.

Canal Winchester and New Albany are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Albany has the higher population (10,524 vs 9,659 in Canal Winchester). New Albany has the higher median household income ($232,524 vs $112,474 in Canal Winchester). New Albany has the higher median home value ($728,200 vs $314,800 in Canal Winchester).

Population, income & housing

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
Population	9,659	10,524
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,474	$232,524
Median home value	$314,800	$728,200
Median gross rent	$1,402	$2,134
Housing units	3,869	3,696
Homeownership rate	82.2%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	78.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
Population	8,611 → 9,659 (+12.2%)	10,925 → 10,524 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$95,647 → $112,474 (+17.6%)	$203,409 → $232,524 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$198,300 → $314,800 (+58.7%)	$497,800 → $728,200 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,402 (+19.5%)	$1,904 → $2,134 (+12.1%)

Canal Winchester

Population

8,6119,659

Median household income

$95,647$112,474

Median home value

$198,300$314,800

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,402

New Albany

Population

10,92510,524

Median household income

$203,409$232,524

Median home value

$497,800$728,200

Median gross rent

$1,904$2,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
Under 5	7.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	26.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	22.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.6%
75 and over	8.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	11.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.7%
High school graduate	24.5%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	46.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	32.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
Drove alone	69.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
1-unit, detached	71.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Canal Winchester	New Albany
Poverty rate	4.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.48	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2000	2005