Buckeye Lake vs Pataskala

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

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

Pataskala has the higher population (18,049 vs 2,513 in Buckeye Lake). Pataskala has the higher median household income ($90,513 vs $75,179 in Buckeye Lake). Pataskala has the higher median home value ($277,600 vs $179,000 in Buckeye Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
Population	2,513	18,049
Median age	49.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$90,513
Median home value	$179,000	$277,600
Median gross rent	$870	$1,271
Housing units	1,394	6,937
Homeownership rate	74.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
Population	2,805 → 2,513 (-10.4%)	15,585 → 18,049 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$43,545 → $75,179 (+72.6%)	$77,514 → $90,513 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $179,000 (+65.3%)	$184,400 → $277,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $870 (+26.5%)	$976 → $1,271 (+30.2%)

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

Pataskala

Population

15,58518,049

Median household income

$77,514$90,513

Median home value

$184,400$277,600

Median gross rent

$976$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
Under 5	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	7.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	20.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.0%
75 and over	8.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
No high school diploma	18.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
Drove alone	83.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	14.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
1-unit, detached	64.2%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye Lake	Pataskala
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1975	1998