Buckeye Lake vs Heath

A side-by-side comparison of Buckeye Lake and Heath: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heath has the higher population (10,545 vs 2,513 in Buckeye Lake). Buckeye Lake has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $74,773 in Heath). Heath has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $179,000 in Buckeye Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
Population	2,513	10,545
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$74,773
Median home value	$179,000	$215,000
Median gross rent	$870	$1,094
Housing units	1,394	4,451
Homeownership rate	74.9%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
Population	2,805 → 2,513 (-10.4%)	10,745 → 10,545 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$43,545 → $75,179 (+72.6%)	$55,956 → $74,773 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $179,000 (+65.3%)	$150,700 → $215,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $870 (+26.5%)	$871 → $1,094 (+25.6%)

Buckeye Lake

Population

2,8052,513

Median household income

$43,545$75,179

Median home value

$108,300$179,000

Median gross rent

$688$870

Heath

Population

10,74510,545

Median household income

$55,956$74,773

Median home value

$150,700$215,000

Median gross rent

$871$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
Under 5	6.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	7.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	20.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.4%
75 and over	8.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
No high school diploma	18.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
Drove alone	83.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	13.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
1-unit, detached	64.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye Lake	Heath
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1975	1978