Gahanna vs Whitehall

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

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

Gahanna has the higher population (35,438 vs 19,974 in Whitehall). Gahanna has the higher median household income ($106,004 vs $50,812 in Whitehall). Gahanna has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $138,700 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Gahanna	Whitehall
Population	35,438	19,974
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,004	$50,812
Median home value	$322,300	$138,700
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,102
Housing units	14,898	8,808
Homeownership rate	69.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gahanna	Whitehall
Population	35,268 → 35,438 (+0.5%)	18,915 → 19,974 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $106,004 (+19.8%)	$42,526 → $50,812 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $322,300 (+49.1%)	$88,900 → $138,700 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,442 (+34.0%)	$850 → $1,102 (+29.6%)

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

Whitehall

Population

18,91519,974

Median household income

$42,526$50,812

Median home value

$88,900$138,700

Median gross rent

$850$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gahanna	Whitehall
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.4%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gahanna	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	42.5%
Black or African American	15.1%	40.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gahanna	Whitehall
No high school diploma	3.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	19.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gahanna	Whitehall
Drove alone	69.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.5%	5.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.9%	8.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gahanna	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	68.4%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	6.9%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Gahanna	Whitehall
Poverty rate	5.6%	17.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1985	1961