Grafton vs Sheffield Lake

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

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

Sheffield Lake has the higher population (8,946 vs 5,665 in Grafton). Grafton has the higher median household income ($88,352 vs $62,065 in Sheffield Lake). Grafton has the higher median home value ($198,500 vs $153,400 in Sheffield Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
Population	5,665	8,946
Median age	42.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,352	$62,065
Median home value	$198,500	$153,400
Median gross rent	$1,048	$1,014
Housing units	982	4,604
Homeownership rate	79.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
Population	5,996 → 5,665 (-5.5%)	8,968 → 8,946 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$61,042 → $88,352 (+44.7%)	$62,292 → $62,065 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$145,300 → $198,500 (+36.6%)	$111,800 → $153,400 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,048 (+42.0%)	$881 → $1,014 (+15.1%)

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 Lake

Population

8,9688,946

Median household income

$62,292$62,065

Median home value

$111,800$153,400

Median gross rent

$881$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
Under 5	1.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	22.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.5%
75 and over	2.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	88.4%
Black or African American	20.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
No high school diploma	15.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	41.2%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
Drove alone	79.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	7.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
1-unit, detached	85.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Sheffield Lake
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1977	1967