Amsterdam vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Amsterdam and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amsterdam has the higher population (368 vs 264 in Empire). Empire has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $46,719 in Amsterdam). Amsterdam has the higher median home value ($58,400 vs $57,900 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Amsterdam	Empire
Population	368	264
Median age	37.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,719	$57,708
Median home value	$58,400	$57,900
Median gross rent	$650	$781
Housing units	188	121
Homeownership rate	60.9%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amsterdam	Empire
Population	616 → 368 (-40.3%)	231 → 264 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$42,639 → $46,719 (+9.6%)	$49,896 → $57,708 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $58,400 (+22.7%)	$55,800 → $57,900 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $650 (+6.9%)	$539 → $781 (+44.9%)

Amsterdam

Population

616368

Median household income

$42,639$46,719

Median home value

$47,600$58,400

Median gross rent

$608$650

Empire

Population

231264

Median household income

$49,896$57,708

Median home value

$55,800$57,900

Median gross rent

$539$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amsterdam	Empire
Under 5	4.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	14.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.7%
75 and over	7.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amsterdam	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amsterdam	Empire
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	60.8%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amsterdam	Empire
Drove alone	89.6%	92.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amsterdam	Empire
1-unit, detached	89.4%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	45.5%

Poverty & households

	Amsterdam	Empire
Poverty rate	21.7%	19.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1958