Fredericktown vs Gambier

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

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

Fredericktown has the higher population (2,634 vs 2,064 in Gambier). Gambier has the higher median home value ($254,000 vs $164,500 in Fredericktown). Since 2019, Fredericktown's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericktown	Gambier
Population	2,634	2,064
Median age	42.0 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,668	—
Median home value	$164,500	$254,000
Median gross rent	$805	$786
Housing units	1,282	308
Homeownership rate	78.7%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericktown	Gambier
Population	2,501 → 2,634 (+5.3%)	2,442 → 2,064 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$51,117 → $64,668 (+26.5%)	$76,250 → $90,625 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $164,500 (+36.2%)	$234,900 → $254,000 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $805 (+17.5%)	$648 → $786 (+21.3%)

Fredericktown

Population

2,5012,634

Median household income

$51,117$64,668

Median home value

$120,800$164,500

Median gross rent

$685$805

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)

	Fredericktown	Gambier
Under 5	6.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	0.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	80.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	2.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	0.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	1.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	2.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.5%
75 and over	11.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericktown	Gambier
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericktown	Gambier
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	40.7%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	57.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericktown	Gambier
Drove alone	80.3%	30.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	51.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericktown	Gambier
1-unit, detached	73.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fredericktown	Gambier
Poverty rate	14.5%	28.8%
Average household size	2.14	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1961	1959