Gahanna vs Hilliard

A side-by-side comparison of Gahanna and Hilliard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hilliard has the higher population (36,560 vs 35,438 in Gahanna). Hilliard has the higher median household income ($122,864 vs $106,004 in Gahanna). Hilliard has the higher median home value ($360,000 vs $322,300 in Gahanna).

Population, income & housing

	Gahanna	Hilliard
Population	35,438	36,560
Median age	38.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,004	$122,864
Median home value	$322,300	$360,000
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,590
Housing units	14,898	14,254
Homeownership rate	69.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gahanna	Hilliard
Population	35,268 → 35,438 (+0.5%)	36,411 → 36,560 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $106,004 (+19.8%)	$96,959 → $122,864 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $322,300 (+49.1%)	$254,700 → $360,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,442 (+34.0%)	$1,164 → $1,590 (+36.6%)

Gahanna

Population

35,26835,438

Median household income

$88,475$106,004

Median home value

$216,100$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,442

Hilliard

Population

36,41136,560

Median household income

$96,959$122,864

Median home value

$254,700$360,000

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gahanna	Hilliard
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.2%
75 and over	5.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gahanna	Hilliard
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	79.1%
Black or African American	15.1%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gahanna	Hilliard
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	19.4%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gahanna	Hilliard
Drove alone	69.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.9%	21.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gahanna	Hilliard
1-unit, detached	68.4%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	6.9%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gahanna	Hilliard
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1985	1997