Oak Hill vs Wellston

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

Oak Hill 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 1,646 in Oak Hill). Wellston has the higher median household income ($55,159 vs $42,857 in Oak Hill). Wellston has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $86,900 in Oak Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Population	1,646	5,426
Median age	43.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,857	$55,159
Median home value	$86,900	$107,900
Median gross rent	$722	$749
Housing units	817	2,578
Homeownership rate	70.8%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Population	1,676 → 1,646 (-1.8%)	5,520 → 5,426 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$35,849 → $42,857 (+19.5%)	$39,318 → $55,159 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $86,900 (+27.4%)	$88,800 → $107,900 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $722 (+8.9%)	$577 → $749 (+29.8%)

Oak Hill

Population

1,6761,646

Median household income

$35,849$42,857

Median home value

$68,200$86,900

Median gross rent

$663$722

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)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Under 5	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.4%
75 and over	12.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	4.4%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Hill	Wellston
No high school diploma	6.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	52.8%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Drove alone	88.6%	81.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
1-unit, detached	81.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Poverty rate	18.6%	23.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1954	1973