Gahanna vs Reynoldsburg

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

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

Reynoldsburg has the higher population (41,032 vs 35,438 in Gahanna). Gahanna has the higher median household income ($106,004 vs $71,381 in Reynoldsburg). Gahanna has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $230,300 in Reynoldsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
Population	35,438	41,032
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,004	$71,381
Median home value	$322,300	$230,300
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,227
Housing units	14,898	17,657
Homeownership rate	69.5%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
Population	35,268 → 35,438 (+0.5%)	38,129 → 41,032 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $106,004 (+19.8%)	$67,120 → $71,381 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $322,300 (+49.1%)	$160,800 → $230,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,442 (+34.0%)	$1,028 → $1,227 (+19.4%)

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

Reynoldsburg

Population

38,12941,032

Median household income

$67,120$71,381

Median home value

$160,800$230,300

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
Under 5	5.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	50.2%
Black or African American	15.1%	30.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
Drove alone	69.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.9%	16.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
1-unit, detached	68.4%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	14.7%
20 or more units	6.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Gahanna	Reynoldsburg
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1985	1984