Canal Winchester vs Obetz

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

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

Canal Winchester has the higher population (9,659 vs 6,293 in Obetz). Canal Winchester has the higher median household income ($112,474 vs $81,200 in Obetz). Canal Winchester has the higher median home value ($314,800 vs $191,700 in Obetz).

Population, income & housing

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
Population	9,659	6,293
Median age	44.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,474	$81,200
Median home value	$314,800	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,165
Housing units	3,869	2,215
Homeownership rate	82.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
Population	8,611 → 9,659 (+12.2%)	5,024 → 6,293 (+25.3%)
Median household income	$95,647 → $112,474 (+17.6%)	$65,466 → $81,200 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$198,300 → $314,800 (+58.7%)	$124,400 → $191,700 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,402 (+19.5%)	$958 → $1,165 (+21.6%)

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

Obetz

Population

5,0246,293

Median household income

$65,466$81,200

Median home value

$124,400$191,700

Median gross rent

$958$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
Under 5	7.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	6.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.8%
75 and over	8.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	80.5%
Black or African American	11.2%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
No high school diploma	2.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	24.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
Drove alone	69.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
1-unit, detached	71.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Canal Winchester	Obetz
Poverty rate	4.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	2000	1978