Shawnee Hills vs Yellow Springs

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

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

Yellow Springs has the higher population (3,655 vs 2,561 in Shawnee Hills). Shawnee Hills has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $67,477 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $183,500 in Shawnee Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
Population	2,561	3,655
Median age	42.9 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,000	$67,477
Median home value	$183,500	$279,700
Median gross rent	—	$849
Housing units	1,057	2,016
Homeownership rate	94.7%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
Population	2,316 → 2,561 (+10.6%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$78,250 → $100,000 (+27.8%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$147,100 → $183,500 (+24.7%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $882 (-12.8%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Shawnee Hills

Population

2,3162,561

Median household income

$78,250$100,000

Median home value

$147,100$183,500

Median gross rent

$1,012$882

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)

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
Under 5	5.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	18.1%
75 and over	5.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	81.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.7%
Worked from home	9.8%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	97.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shawnee Hills	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	2.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.44	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1976	1959