Etna vs Kirkersville

A side-by-side comparison of Etna and Kirkersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Etna has the higher population (1,341 vs 550 in Kirkersville). Etna has the higher median household income ($120,089 vs $79,286 in Kirkersville). Etna has the higher median home value ($274,000 vs $173,500 in Kirkersville).

Population, income & housing

	Etna	Kirkersville
Population	1,341	550
Median age	29.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$120,089	$79,286
Median home value	$274,000	$173,500
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,160
Housing units	413	215
Homeownership rate	81.2%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etna	Kirkersville
Population	984 → 1,341 (+36.3%)	414 → 550 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$88,365 → $120,089 (+35.9%)	$58,393 → $79,286 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $274,000 (+74.5%)	$125,000 → $173,500 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$548 → $1,160 (+111.7%)

Etna

Population

9841,341

Median household income

$88,365$120,089

Median home value

$157,000$274,000

Kirkersville

Population

414550

Median household income

$58,393$79,286

Median home value

$125,000$173,500

Median gross rent

$548$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etna	Kirkersville
Under 5	19.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	4.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	0.7%	23.8%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etna	Kirkersville
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	9.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etna	Kirkersville
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	34.6%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etna	Kirkersville
Drove alone	74.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	1.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etna	Kirkersville
1-unit, detached	97.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Etna	Kirkersville
Poverty rate	17.9%	13.1%
Average household size	3.45	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1991	1950