Chesapeake vs Proctorville

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

Chesapeake and Proctorville 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 560 in Proctorville). Chesapeake has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $36,726 in Proctorville). Proctorville has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $106,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
Population	1,082	560
Median age	49.6 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$36,726
Median home value	$106,100	$121,900
Median gross rent	$795	$853
Housing units	579	368
Homeownership rate	68.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
Population	875 → 1,082 (+23.7%)	536 → 560 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$42,734 → $46,667 (+9.2%)	$29,375 → $36,726 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $106,100 (+20.8%)	$81,900 → $121,900 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $795 (+3.0%)	$701 → $853 (+21.7%)

Chesapeake

Population

8751,082

Median household income

$42,734$46,667

Median home value

$87,800$106,100

Median gross rent

$772$795

Proctorville

Population

536560

Median household income

$29,375$36,726

Median home value

$81,900$121,900

Median gross rent

$701$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
Under 5	2.1%	0.5%
5 to 17	6.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	20.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	20.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.3%	14.5%
75 and over	9.1%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.5%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
Drove alone	79.2%	96.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Proctorville
Poverty rate	14.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.03	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1961	1963