Jenera vs Van Buren

A side-by-side comparison of Jenera and Van Buren: population, income, housing, and more.

Jenera and Van Buren are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Van Buren has the higher population (647 vs 280 in Jenera). Van Buren has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $53,009 in Jenera). Van Buren has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $119,300 in Jenera).

Population, income & housing

	Jenera	Van Buren
Population	280	647
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,009	$85,000
Median home value	$119,300	$158,000
Median gross rent	$755	—
Housing units	143	208
Homeownership rate	78.3%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenera	Van Buren
Population	171 → 280 (+63.7%)	428 → 647 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $53,009 (+37.9%)	$89,583 → $85,000 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $119,300 (+50.3%)	$157,700 → $158,000 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $755 (+49.2%)	$958 → $1,048 (+9.4%)

Jenera

Population

171280

Median household income

$38,438$53,009

Median home value

$79,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$506$755

Van Buren

Population

428647

Median household income

$89,583$85,000

Median home value

$157,700$158,000

Median gross rent

$958$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jenera	Van Buren
Under 5	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	29.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	21.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.3%
75 and over	2.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenera	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenera	Van Buren
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	52.5%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenera	Van Buren
Drove alone	80.6%	92.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenera	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	83.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jenera	Van Buren
Poverty rate	11.8%	9.7%
Average household size	1.96	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938