Apple Valley vs Gambier

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Gambier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Apple Valley has the higher population (5,125 vs 2,064 in Gambier). Apple Valley has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $254,000 in Gambier). Since 2019, Apple Valley's population has grown faster (-4.0% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Gambier
Population	5,125	2,064
Median age	52.4 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,005	—
Median home value	$262,500	$254,000
Median gross rent	$1,165	$786
Housing units	2,768	308
Homeownership rate	94.6%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Gambier
Population	5,337 → 5,125 (-4.0%)	2,442 → 2,064 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$76,396 → $97,005 (+27.0%)	$76,250 → $90,625 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $262,500 (+63.2%)	$234,900 → $254,000 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,165 (-0.6%)	$648 → $786 (+21.3%)

Apple Valley

Population

5,3375,125

Median household income

$76,396$97,005

Median home value

$160,800$262,500

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,165

Gambier

Population

2,4422,064

Median household income

$76,250$90,625

Median home value

$234,900$254,000

Median gross rent

$648$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Gambier
Under 5	3.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	0.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	80.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	2.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	0.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	1.3%
55 to 64	23.2%	2.2%
65 to 74	16.2%	6.5%
75 and over	7.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Gambier
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Gambier
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	57.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Gambier
Drove alone	81.3%	30.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	51.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Gambier
1-unit, detached	99.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Gambier
Poverty rate	3.1%	28.8%
Average household size	2.44	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1999	1959