Beavercreek vs Yellow Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Beavercreek and Yellow Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beavercreek has the higher population (46,787 vs 3,655 in Yellow Springs). Beavercreek has the higher median household income ($110,064 vs $67,477 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $261,200 in Beavercreek).

Population, income & housing

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
Population	46,787	3,655
Median age	40.8 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,064	$67,477
Median home value	$261,200	$279,700
Median gross rent	$1,410	$849
Housing units	20,157	2,016
Homeownership rate	72.2%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
Population	46,942 → 46,787 (-0.3%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$91,217 → $110,064 (+20.7%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$194,400 → $261,200 (+34.4%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,410 (+16.7%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Beavercreek

Population

46,94246,787

Median household income

$91,217$110,064

Median home value

$194,400$261,200

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,410

Yellow Springs

Population

3,8723,655

Median household income

$61,522$67,477

Median home value

$215,500$279,700

Median gross rent

$916$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
Under 5	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	18.1%
75 and over	8.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	82.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	15.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	76.6%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	1.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	3.7%
Worked from home	15.0%	19.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	70.8%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beavercreek	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.42	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1980	1959