Chesapeake vs Hanging Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake and Hanging Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesapeake has the higher population (1,082 vs 168 in Hanging Rock). Hanging Rock has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $46,667 in Chesapeake). Hanging Rock has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $106,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
Population	1,082	168
Median age	49.6 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$73,125
Median home value	$106,100	$106,300
Median gross rent	$795	$675
Housing units	579	88
Homeownership rate	68.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
Population	875 → 1,082 (+23.7%)	196 → 168 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$42,734 → $46,667 (+9.2%)	$42,500 → $73,125 (+72.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $106,100 (+20.8%)	$89,200 → $106,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $795 (+3.0%)	$575 → $675 (+17.4%)

Chesapeake

Population

8751,082

Median household income

$42,734$46,667

Median home value

$87,800$106,100

Median gross rent

$772$795

Hanging Rock

Population

196168

Median household income

$42,500$73,125

Median home value

$89,200$106,300

Median gross rent

$575$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
Under 5	2.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	5.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	20.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	20.5%	39.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	8.3%
75 and over	9.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	97.6%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
Drove alone	79.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
1-unit, detached	74.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Hanging Rock
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1961	1975