Empire vs New Alexandria

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

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

New Alexandria has the higher population (358 vs 264 in Empire). New Alexandria has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $57,708 in Empire). New Alexandria has the higher median home value ($88,100 vs $57,900 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	New Alexandria
Population	264	358
Median age	46.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$72,083
Median home value	$57,900	$88,100
Median gross rent	$781	$840
Housing units	121	131
Homeownership rate	65.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	New Alexandria
Population	231 → 264 (+14.3%)	309 → 358 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$49,896 → $57,708 (+15.7%)	$53,333 → $72,083 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $57,900 (+3.8%)	$75,000 → $88,100 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $781 (+44.9%)	$863 → $840 (-2.7%)

Empire

Population

231264

Median household income

$49,896$57,708

Median home value

$55,800$57,900

Median gross rent

$539$781

New Alexandria

Population

309358

Median household income

$53,333$72,083

Median home value

$75,000$88,100

Median gross rent

$863$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	New Alexandria
Under 5	0.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	14.8%	12.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.0%
75 and over	6.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	New Alexandria
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
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	1.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	New Alexandria
No high school diploma	9.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	57.0%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	New Alexandria
Drove alone	92.8%	84.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	New Alexandria
1-unit, detached	54.5%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Empire	New Alexandria
Poverty rate	19.3%	14.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1958	1947