Cheshire vs Rio Grande

A side-by-side comparison of Cheshire and Rio Grande: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rio Grande has the higher population (808 vs 95 in Cheshire). Cheshire has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $40,721 in Rio Grande). Rio Grande has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $93,000 in Cheshire).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
Population	95	808
Median age	56.1 yrs	21.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$40,721
Median home value	$93,000	$181,600
Median gross rent	—	$514
Housing units	50	283
Homeownership rate	74.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
Population	177 → 95 (-46.3%)	896 → 808 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$42,969 → $53,750 (+25.1%)	$31,786 → $40,721 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $93,000 (+16.3%)	$155,100 → $181,600 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$650 → $514 (-20.9%)

Cheshire

Population

17795

Median household income

$42,969$53,750

Median home value

$80,000$93,000

Rio Grande

Population

896808

Median household income

$31,786$40,721

Median home value

$155,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$650$514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	7.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	40.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	4.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	20.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	31.6%	5.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	4.2%
75 and over	6.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
No high school diploma	1.2%	20.9%
High school graduate	61.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
Drove alone	93.9%	79.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
1-unit, detached	94.0%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	35.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire	Rio Grande
Poverty rate	7.4%	39.4%
Average household size	1.90	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1968	1980