Wright-Patterson AFB vs Yellow Springs

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

Wright-Patterson AFB 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 1,560 in Wright-Patterson AFB). Wright-Patterson AFB has the higher median household income ($79,205 vs $67,477 in Yellow Springs). Since 2019, Yellow Springs's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -34.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
Population	1,560	3,655
Median age	24.6 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,205	$67,477
Median home value	—	$279,700
Median gross rent	$1,434	$849
Housing units	448	2,016
Homeownership rate	1.0%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
Population	2,387 → 1,560 (-34.6%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$70,183 → $79,205 (+12.9%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	—	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,434 (+8.6%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Wright-Patterson AFB

Population

2,3871,560

Median household income

$70,183$79,205

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,434

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)

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
Under 5	10.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	26.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	28.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	3.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.1%
75 and over	0.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	82.6%
Black or African American	15.5%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	7.5%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	54.3%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	66.7%	69.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	1.4%
Public transit	9.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	3.7%
Worked from home	8.6%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	43.8%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	41.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wright-Patterson AFB	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.6%
Average household size	3.08	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1974	1959