Chesapeake vs Ironton

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

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

Ironton has the higher population (10,585 vs 1,082 in Chesapeake). Chesapeake has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $45,694 in Ironton). Ironton has the higher median home value ($112,400 vs $106,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Ironton
Population	1,082	10,585
Median age	49.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$45,694
Median home value	$106,100	$112,400
Median gross rent	$795	$760
Housing units	579	5,098
Homeownership rate	68.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Ironton
Population	875 → 1,082 (+23.7%)	10,599 → 10,585 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$42,734 → $46,667 (+9.2%)	$35,666 → $45,694 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $106,100 (+20.8%)	$95,900 → $112,400 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $795 (+3.0%)	$614 → $760 (+23.8%)

Chesapeake

Population

8751,082

Median household income

$42,734$46,667

Median home value

$87,800$106,100

Median gross rent

$772$795

Ironton

Population

10,59910,585

Median household income

$35,666$45,694

Median home value

$95,900$112,400

Median gross rent

$614$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Ironton
Under 5	2.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	6.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	20.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	20.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	12.7%
75 and over	9.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Ironton
No high school diploma	13.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Ironton
Drove alone	79.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Ironton
1-unit, detached	74.6%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Ironton
Poverty rate	14.0%	25.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1961	1950