Lake Darby vs Minerva Park

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Darby and Minerva Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Darby and Minerva Park are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Darby has the higher population (4,323 vs 2,095 in Minerva Park). Minerva Park has the higher median household income ($125,802 vs $94,743 in Lake Darby). Minerva Park has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $220,700 in Lake Darby).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
Population	4,323	2,095
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,743	$125,802
Median home value	$220,700	$293,500
Median gross rent	$1,537	$2,047
Housing units	1,701	740
Homeownership rate	93.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
Population	4,220 → 4,323 (+2.4%)	1,163 → 2,095 (+80.1%)
Median household income	$91,801 → $94,743 (+3.2%)	$92,386 → $125,802 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $220,700 (+37.1%)	$173,700 → $293,500 (+69.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,537 (+26.5%)	$1,161 → $2,047 (+76.3%)

Lake Darby

Population

4,2204,323

Median household income

$91,801$94,743

Median home value

$161,000$220,700

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,537

Minerva Park

Population

1,1632,095

Median household income

$92,386$125,802

Median home value

$173,700$293,500

Median gross rent

$1,161$2,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
Under 5	8.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.3%
75 and over	2.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	54.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
Drove alone	83.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	19.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
1-unit, detached	96.4%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Darby	Minerva Park
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1983	1960