Amherst vs Wellington

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

Amherst and Wellington 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 4,514 in Wellington). Amherst has the higher median household income ($93,043 vs $68,510 in Wellington). Amherst has the higher median home value ($222,700 vs $181,400 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Wellington
Population	12,796	4,514
Median age	43.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$68,510
Median home value	$222,700	$181,400
Median gross rent	$832	$757
Housing units	5,081	1,878
Homeownership rate	87.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Wellington
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	5,135 → 4,514 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$48,333 → $68,510 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$120,800 → $181,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

Wellington

Population

5,1354,514

Median household income

$48,333$68,510

Median home value

$120,800$181,400

Median gross rent

$603$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Wellington
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.7%
75 and over	9.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Wellington
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Wellington
Drove alone	79.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Wellington
1-unit, detached	87.1%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Wellington
Poverty rate	4.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1971	1970