Bellefontaine vs De Graff

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefontaine and De Graff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellefontaine has the higher population (14,051 vs 1,442 in De Graff). De Graff has the higher median household income ($83,693 vs $60,296 in Bellefontaine). De Graff has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $163,500 in Bellefontaine).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
Population	14,051	1,442
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,296	$83,693
Median home value	$163,500	$169,000
Median gross rent	$836	$838
Housing units	6,931	623
Homeownership rate	59.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
Population	13,574 → 14,051 (+3.5%)	1,265 → 1,442 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$49,237 → $60,296 (+22.5%)	$50,272 → $83,693 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $163,500 (+64.7%)	$96,600 → $169,000 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $836 (+14.8%)	$715 → $838 (+17.2%)

Bellefontaine

Population

13,57414,051

Median household income

$49,237$60,296

Median home value

$99,300$163,500

Median gross rent

$728$836

De Graff

Population

1,2651,442

Median household income

$50,272$83,693

Median home value

$96,600$169,000

Median gross rent

$715$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
Under 5	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.1%
75 and over	5.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	46.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
Drove alone	75.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	16.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	8.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
1-unit, detached	60.4%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bellefontaine	De Graff
Poverty rate	17.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1966	1938