Wilberforce vs Yellow Springs

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

Wilberforce 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 1,992 in Wilberforce). Wilberforce has the higher median household income ($83,036 vs $67,477 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $208,100 in Wilberforce).

Population, income & housing

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
Population	1,992	3,655
Median age	19.9 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,036	$67,477
Median home value	$208,100	$279,700
Median gross rent	—	$849
Housing units	383	2,016
Homeownership rate	75.4%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
Population	2,311 → 1,992 (-13.8%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$76,036 → $83,036 (+9.2%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $208,100 (+46.9%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,113 (-1.1%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Wilberforce

Population

2,3111,992

Median household income

$76,036$83,036

Median home value

$141,700$208,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,113

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)

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	5.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	74.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	4.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	3.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	2.9%	18.1%
75 and over	4.8%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	82.6%
Black or African American	60.8%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	14.0%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	42.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	44.1%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	3.7%
Worked from home	6.9%	19.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	85.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wilberforce	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.29	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1975	1959