Spring Valley vs Wright-Patterson AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Spring Valley and Wright-Patterson AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Spring Valley and Wright-Patterson AFB are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wright-Patterson AFB has the higher population (1,560 vs 598 in Spring Valley). Wright-Patterson AFB has the higher median household income ($79,205 vs $66,696 in Spring Valley). Since 2019, Spring Valley's population has grown faster (+10.1% vs -34.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
Population	598	1,560
Median age	49.2 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,696	$79,205
Median home value	$135,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,163	$1,434
Housing units	224	448
Homeownership rate	84.5%	1.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
Population	543 → 598 (+10.1%)	2,387 → 1,560 (-34.6%)
Median household income	$49,453 → $66,696 (+34.9%)	$70,183 → $79,205 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$104,800 → $135,600 (+29.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,163 (+34.8%)	$1,321 → $1,434 (+8.6%)

Spring Valley

Population

543598

Median household income

$49,453$66,696

Median home value

$104,800$135,600

Median gross rent

$863$1,163

Wright-Patterson AFB

Population

2,3871,560

Median household income

$70,183$79,205

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,434

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
Under 5	6.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	26.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	28.2%
35 to 44	4.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	3.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	0.0%
75 and over	22.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	28.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
No high school diploma	11.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
Drove alone	72.1%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	9.1%
Walked	4.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
1-unit, detached	96.4%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	41.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Valley	Wright-Patterson AFB
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.89	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	12
Median year structure built	1938	1974