Coal Grove vs South Point

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

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

South Point has the higher population (3,228 vs 2,144 in Coal Grove). South Point has the higher median household income ($80,689 vs $53,324 in Coal Grove). South Point has the higher median home value ($175,200 vs $97,300 in Coal Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Grove	South Point
Population	2,144	3,228
Median age	34.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,324	$80,689
Median home value	$97,300	$175,200
Median gross rent	$967	$807
Housing units	961	1,439
Homeownership rate	57.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Grove	South Point
Population	1,913 → 2,144 (+12.1%)	3,481 → 3,228 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$43,622 → $53,324 (+22.2%)	$65,945 → $80,689 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $97,300 (+12.9%)	$119,600 → $175,200 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $967 (+3.4%)	$686 → $807 (+17.6%)

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

South Point

Population

3,4813,228

Median household income

$65,945$80,689

Median home value

$119,600$175,200

Median gross rent

$686$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Grove	South Point
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.7%
75 and over	3.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Grove	South Point
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Grove	South Point
No high school diploma	17.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	47.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Grove	South Point
Drove alone	87.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	9.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Grove	South Point
1-unit, detached	85.8%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Coal Grove	South Point
Poverty rate	16.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1953	1974