Gahanna vs Westerville

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

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

Westerville has the higher population (38,543 vs 35,438 in Gahanna). Westerville has the higher median household income ($107,054 vs $106,004 in Gahanna). Westerville has the higher median home value ($343,200 vs $322,300 in Gahanna).

Population, income & housing

	Gahanna	Westerville
Population	35,438	38,543
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,004	$107,054
Median home value	$322,300	$343,200
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,409
Housing units	14,898	15,878
Homeownership rate	69.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gahanna	Westerville
Population	35,268 → 35,438 (+0.5%)	39,877 → 38,543 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $106,004 (+19.8%)	$93,717 → $107,054 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $322,300 (+49.1%)	$237,300 → $343,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,442 (+34.0%)	$1,102 → $1,409 (+27.9%)

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

Westerville

Population

39,87738,543

Median household income

$93,717$107,054

Median home value

$237,300$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gahanna	Westerville
Under 5	5.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.9%
75 and over	5.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gahanna	Westerville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	15.1%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gahanna	Westerville
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	19.4%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gahanna	Westerville
Drove alone	69.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.9%	25.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gahanna	Westerville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	6.9%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gahanna	Westerville
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1985	1982