Newark vs Pataskala

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

Newark and Pataskala 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 18,049 in Pataskala). Pataskala has the higher median household income ($90,513 vs $58,920 in Newark). Pataskala has the higher median home value ($277,600 vs $174,100 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Pataskala
Population	50,393	18,049
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,920	$90,513
Median home value	$174,100	$277,600
Median gross rent	$926	$1,271
Housing units	22,236	6,937
Homeownership rate	55.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Pataskala
Population	49,470 → 50,393 (+1.9%)	15,585 → 18,049 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$45,039 → $58,920 (+30.8%)	$77,514 → $90,513 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$123,100 → $174,100 (+41.4%)	$184,400 → $277,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $926 (+19.3%)	$976 → $1,271 (+30.2%)

Newark

Population

49,47050,393

Median household income

$45,039$58,920

Median home value

$123,100$174,100

Median gross rent

$776$926

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)

	Newark	Pataskala
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Pataskala
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	73.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Pataskala
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	39.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Pataskala
Drove alone	77.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	14.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Pataskala
1-unit, detached	66.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Pataskala
Poverty rate	17.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1963	1998