Cedarville vs Yellow Springs

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

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

Cedarville has the higher population (3,759 vs 3,655 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median household income ($67,477 vs $53,304 in Cedarville). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $191,200 in Cedarville).

Population, income & housing

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
Population	3,759	3,655
Median age	20.5 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,304	$67,477
Median home value	$191,200	$279,700
Median gross rent	$805	$849
Housing units	639	2,016
Homeownership rate	53.4%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
Population	4,075 → 3,759 (-7.8%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $53,304 (+17.4%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $191,200 (+47.3%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $805 (+34.4%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Cedarville

Population

4,0753,759

Median household income

$45,417$53,304

Median home value

$129,800$191,200

Median gross rent

$599$805

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)

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
Under 5	1.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	67.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	3.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	4.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	4.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	2.9%	18.1%
75 and over	2.4%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	15.6%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.8%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	47.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	38.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	3.7%
Worked from home	9.4%	19.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	61.0%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedarville	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	19.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.47	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	13	22
Median year structure built	1960	1959