Heath vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (50,393 vs 10,545 in Heath). Heath has the higher median household income ($74,773 vs $58,920 in Newark). Heath has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $174,100 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Newark
Population	10,545	50,393
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$58,920
Median home value	$215,000	$174,100
Median gross rent	$1,094	$926
Housing units	4,451	22,236
Homeownership rate	71.5%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Newark
Population	10,745 → 10,545 (-1.9%)	49,470 → 50,393 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$55,956 → $74,773 (+33.6%)	$45,039 → $58,920 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $215,000 (+42.7%)	$123,100 → $174,100 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,094 (+25.6%)	$776 → $926 (+19.3%)

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

Newark

Population

49,47050,393

Median household income

$45,039$58,920

Median home value

$123,100$174,100

Median gross rent

$776$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heath	Newark
Under 5	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.3%
75 and over	10.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Newark
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Newark
Drove alone	81.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Newark
1-unit, detached	62.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Newark
Poverty rate	7.6%	17.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1978	1963