Coalton vs Wellston

A side-by-side comparison of Coalton and Wellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellston has the higher population (5,426 vs 464 in Coalton). Wellston has the higher median household income ($55,159 vs $43,064 in Coalton). Wellston has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $56,000 in Coalton).

Population, income & housing

	Coalton	Wellston
Population	464	5,426
Median age	53.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,064	$55,159
Median home value	$56,000	$107,900
Median gross rent	$653	$749
Housing units	247	2,578
Homeownership rate	54.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	33.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalton	Wellston
Population	395 → 464 (+17.5%)	5,520 → 5,426 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $43,064 (+46.6%)	$39,318 → $55,159 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $56,000 (+12.0%)	$88,800 → $107,900 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $653 (+23.0%)	$577 → $749 (+29.8%)

Coalton

Population

395464

Median household income

$29,375$43,064

Median home value

$50,000$56,000

Median gross rent

$531$653

Wellston

Population

5,5205,426

Median household income

$39,318$55,159

Median home value

$88,800$107,900

Median gross rent

$577$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalton	Wellston
Under 5	7.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	24.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalton	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalton	Wellston
No high school diploma	17.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	58.9%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalton	Wellston
Drove alone	82.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.0%	2.0%
Other means	1.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalton	Wellston
1-unit, detached	52.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Coalton	Wellston
Poverty rate	47.0%	23.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1971	1973