Buckeye Lake vs Utica

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

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

Buckeye Lake has the higher population (2,513 vs 2,180 in Utica). Buckeye Lake has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $74,438 in Utica). Buckeye Lake has the higher median home value ($179,000 vs $132,700 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
Population	2,513	2,180
Median age	49.2 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$74,438
Median home value	$179,000	$132,700
Median gross rent	$870	$833
Housing units	1,394	910
Homeownership rate	74.9%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
Population	2,805 → 2,513 (-10.4%)	1,760 → 2,180 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$43,545 → $75,179 (+72.6%)	$38,214 → $74,438 (+94.8%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $179,000 (+65.3%)	$96,600 → $132,700 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $870 (+26.5%)	$581 → $833 (+43.4%)

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

Utica

Population

1,7602,180

Median household income

$38,214$74,438

Median home value

$96,600$132,700

Median gross rent

$581$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
Under 5	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.6%	24.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	20.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.2%
75 and over	8.6%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
No high school diploma	18.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
Drove alone	83.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
1-unit, detached	64.2%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye Lake	Utica
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1975	1965