Delta vs Wauseon

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

Delta 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 2,728 in Delta). Wauseon has the higher median household income ($74,337 vs $64,464 in Delta). Delta has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $143,400 in Wauseon).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Wauseon
Population	2,728	7,387
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,464	$74,337
Median home value	$148,800	$143,400
Median gross rent	$810	$814
Housing units	1,130	2,938
Homeownership rate	81.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Wauseon
Population	3,021 → 2,728 (-9.7%)	7,413 → 7,387 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$64,031 → $64,464 (+0.7%)	$54,774 → $74,337 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $148,800 (+27.9%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $810 (+15.5%)	$813 → $814 (+0.1%)

Delta

Population

3,0212,728

Median household income

$64,031$64,464

Median home value

$116,300$148,800

Median gross rent

$701$810

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)

	Delta	Wauseon
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	22.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.2%
75 and over	5.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Wauseon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Wauseon
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Wauseon
Drove alone	84.9%	94.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Wauseon
1-unit, detached	88.7%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Wauseon
Poverty rate	17.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1957	1972