Xenia vs Yellow Springs

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

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

Xenia has the higher population (25,555 vs 3,655 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median household income ($67,477 vs $54,616 in Xenia). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $147,300 in Xenia).

Population, income & housing

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
Population	25,555	3,655
Median age	39.6 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,616	$67,477
Median home value	$147,300	$279,700
Median gross rent	$895	$849
Housing units	11,703	2,016
Homeownership rate	59.0%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
Population	26,534 → 25,555 (-3.7%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$45,812 → $54,616 (+19.2%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $147,300 (+46.6%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $895 (+18.2%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Xenia

Population

26,53425,555

Median household income

$45,812$54,616

Median home value

$100,500$147,300

Median gross rent

$757$895

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)

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.1%
75 and over	8.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	82.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	86.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	3.7%
Worked from home	5.2%	19.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	75.3%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Xenia	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.32	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1970	1959