Amherst vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amherst has the higher population (12,796 vs 4,287 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($102,384 vs $93,043 in Amherst). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $222,700 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Sheffield
Population	12,796	4,287
Median age	43.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$102,384
Median home value	$222,700	$265,100
Median gross rent	$832	$1,661
Housing units	5,081	1,815
Homeownership rate	87.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Sheffield
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	4,190 → 4,287 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$80,000 → $102,384 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$212,100 → $265,100 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$1,267 → $1,661 (+31.1%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

Sheffield

Population

4,1904,287

Median household income

$80,000$102,384

Median home value

$212,100$265,100

Median gross rent

$1,267$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Sheffield
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	18.0%
75 and over	9.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Sheffield
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Sheffield
Drove alone	79.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	13.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	87.1%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Sheffield
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1971	1995