Chesapeake vs Coal Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake and Coal Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal Grove has the higher population (2,144 vs 1,082 in Chesapeake). Coal Grove has the higher median household income ($53,324 vs $46,667 in Chesapeake). Chesapeake has the higher median home value ($106,100 vs $97,300 in Coal Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
Population	1,082	2,144
Median age	49.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$53,324
Median home value	$106,100	$97,300
Median gross rent	$795	$967
Housing units	579	961
Homeownership rate	68.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
Population	875 → 1,082 (+23.7%)	1,913 → 2,144 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$42,734 → $46,667 (+9.2%)	$43,622 → $53,324 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $106,100 (+20.8%)	$86,200 → $97,300 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $795 (+3.0%)	$935 → $967 (+3.4%)

Chesapeake

Population

8751,082

Median household income

$42,734$46,667

Median home value

$87,800$106,100

Median gross rent

$772$795

Coal Grove

Population

1,9132,144

Median household income

$43,622$53,324

Median home value

$86,200$97,300

Median gross rent

$935$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
Under 5	2.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	6.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	20.1%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	20.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	15.3%	7.2%
75 and over	9.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
No high school diploma	13.7%	17.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
Drove alone	79.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
1-unit, detached	74.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Coal Grove
Poverty rate	14.0%	16.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1961	1953