Grafton vs Sheffield

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

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

Grafton has the higher population (5,665 vs 4,287 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($102,384 vs $88,352 in Grafton). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $198,500 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Sheffield
Population	5,665	4,287
Median age	42.5 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,352	$102,384
Median home value	$198,500	$265,100
Median gross rent	$1,048	$1,661
Housing units	982	1,815
Homeownership rate	79.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Sheffield
Population	5,996 → 5,665 (-5.5%)	4,190 → 4,287 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$61,042 → $88,352 (+44.7%)	$80,000 → $102,384 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$145,300 → $198,500 (+36.6%)	$212,100 → $265,100 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,048 (+42.0%)	$1,267 → $1,661 (+31.1%)

Grafton

Population

5,9965,665

Median household income

$61,042$88,352

Median home value

$145,300$198,500

Median gross rent

$738$1,048

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)

	Grafton	Sheffield
Under 5	1.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	22.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	18.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	18.0%
75 and over	2.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	20.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Sheffield
No high school diploma	15.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	41.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield
Drove alone	79.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.9%
Public transit	1.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	85.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Sheffield
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.91	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1977	1995