Canal Winchester vs Worthington

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

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

Worthington has the higher population (14,754 vs 9,659 in Canal Winchester). Worthington has the higher median household income ($124,734 vs $112,474 in Canal Winchester). Worthington has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $314,800 in Canal Winchester).

Population, income & housing

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
Population	9,659	14,754
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,474	$124,734
Median home value	$314,800	$417,700
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,153
Housing units	3,869	6,362
Homeownership rate	82.2%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
Population	8,611 → 9,659 (+12.2%)	14,621 → 14,754 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$95,647 → $112,474 (+17.6%)	$104,362 → $124,734 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$198,300 → $314,800 (+58.7%)	$285,300 → $417,700 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,402 (+19.5%)	$1,030 → $1,153 (+11.9%)

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

Worthington

Population

14,62114,754

Median household income

$104,362$124,734

Median home value

$285,300$417,700

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
Under 5	7.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.0%
75 and over	8.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	90.3%
Black or African American	11.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	24.5%	5.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	34.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
Drove alone	69.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.9%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
1-unit, detached	71.8%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canal Winchester	Worthington
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	2000	1963