Archbold vs Wauseon

A side-by-side comparison of Archbold and Wauseon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wauseon has the higher population (7,387 vs 4,369 in Archbold). Wauseon has the higher median household income ($74,337 vs $68,634 in Archbold). Archbold has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $143,400 in Wauseon).

Population, income & housing

	Archbold	Wauseon
Population	4,369	7,387
Median age	47.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,634	$74,337
Median home value	$175,500	$143,400
Median gross rent	$734	$814
Housing units	1,883	2,938
Homeownership rate	71.9%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archbold	Wauseon
Population	4,468 → 4,369 (-2.2%)	7,413 → 7,387 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$59,639 → $68,634 (+15.1%)	$54,774 → $74,337 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $175,500 (+21.1%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $734 (+16.1%)	$813 → $814 (+0.1%)

Archbold

Population

4,4684,369

Median household income

$59,639$68,634

Median home value

$144,900$175,500

Median gross rent

$632$734

Wauseon

Population

7,4137,387

Median household income

$54,774$74,337

Median home value

$127,800$143,400

Median gross rent

$813$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archbold	Wauseon
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.2%
75 and over	12.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archbold	Wauseon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	84.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archbold	Wauseon
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archbold	Wauseon
Drove alone	93.4%	94.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archbold	Wauseon
1-unit, detached	67.6%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Archbold	Wauseon
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1967	1972