Byesville vs Lore City

A side-by-side comparison of Byesville and Lore City: population, income, housing, and more.

Byesville and Lore City are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Byesville has the higher population (2,220 vs 375 in Lore City). Lore City has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $35,959 in Byesville). Lore City has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $93,800 in Byesville).

Population, income & housing

	Byesville	Lore City
Population	2,220	375
Median age	38.5 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,959	$56,875
Median home value	$93,800	$115,000
Median gross rent	$761	$857
Housing units	1,086	158
Homeownership rate	57.8%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byesville	Lore City
Population	2,183 → 2,220 (+1.7%)	313 → 375 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$33,077 → $35,959 (+8.7%)	$49,667 → $56,875 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $93,800 (+20.7%)	$73,900 → $115,000 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $761 (+55.9%)	$720 → $857 (+19.0%)

Byesville

Population

2,1832,220

Median household income

$33,077$35,959

Median home value

$77,700$93,800

Median gross rent

$488$761

Lore City

Population

313375

Median household income

$49,667$56,875

Median home value

$73,900$115,000

Median gross rent

$720$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byesville	Lore City
Under 5	7.3%	16.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byesville	Lore City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byesville	Lore City
No high school diploma	11.9%	28.6%
High school graduate	47.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byesville	Lore City
Drove alone	80.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	16.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	15.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byesville	Lore City
1-unit, detached	65.3%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Byesville	Lore City
Poverty rate	23.9%	22.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1967	1938