LaGrange vs South Amherst

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

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

LaGrange has the higher population (2,736 vs 1,771 in South Amherst). LaGrange has the higher median household income ($84,943 vs $83,654 in South Amherst). LaGrange has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $186,000 in South Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	LaGrange	South Amherst
Population	2,736	1,771
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,943	$83,654
Median home value	$243,800	$186,000
Median gross rent	$968	$893
Housing units	1,094	767
Homeownership rate	81.2%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaGrange	South Amherst
Population	2,484 → 2,736 (+10.1%)	1,820 → 1,771 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$69,870 → $84,943 (+21.6%)	$58,641 → $83,654 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$176,400 → $243,800 (+38.2%)	$137,700 → $186,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $968 (+7.7%)	$802 → $893 (+11.3%)

LaGrange

Population

2,4842,736

Median household income

$69,870$84,943

Median home value

$176,400$243,800

Median gross rent

$899$968

South Amherst

Population

1,8201,771

Median household income

$58,641$83,654

Median home value

$137,700$186,000

Median gross rent

$802$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LaGrange	South Amherst
Under 5	4.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.7%
75 and over	7.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaGrange	South Amherst
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaGrange	South Amherst
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaGrange	South Amherst
Drove alone	89.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.8%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaGrange	South Amherst
1-unit, detached	80.2%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	LaGrange	South Amherst
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1990	1954