Lake Darby vs Obetz

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

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

Obetz has the higher population (6,293 vs 4,323 in Lake Darby). Lake Darby has the higher median household income ($94,743 vs $81,200 in Obetz). Lake Darby has the higher median home value ($220,700 vs $191,700 in Obetz).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Darby	Obetz
Population	4,323	6,293
Median age	37.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,743	$81,200
Median home value	$220,700	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,537	$1,165
Housing units	1,701	2,215
Homeownership rate	93.9%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Darby	Obetz
Population	4,220 → 4,323 (+2.4%)	5,024 → 6,293 (+25.3%)
Median household income	$91,801 → $94,743 (+3.2%)	$65,466 → $81,200 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $220,700 (+37.1%)	$124,400 → $191,700 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,537 (+26.5%)	$958 → $1,165 (+21.6%)

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

Obetz

Population

5,0246,293

Median household income

$65,466$81,200

Median home value

$124,400$191,700

Median gross rent

$958$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Darby	Obetz
Under 5	8.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	24.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.8%
75 and over	2.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Darby	Obetz
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Darby	Obetz
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Darby	Obetz
Drove alone	83.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Darby	Obetz
1-unit, detached	96.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Darby	Obetz
Poverty rate	4.3%	18.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1983	1978