Oberlin vs Sheffield

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

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

Oberlin has the higher population (8,054 vs 4,287 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($102,384 vs $73,775 in Oberlin). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $207,500 in Oberlin).

Population, income & housing

	Oberlin	Sheffield
Population	8,054	4,287
Median age	24.2 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,775	$102,384
Median home value	$207,500	$265,100
Median gross rent	$982	$1,661
Housing units	2,635	1,815
Homeownership rate	57.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oberlin	Sheffield
Population	8,296 → 8,054 (-2.9%)	4,190 → 4,287 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$50,509 → $73,775 (+46.1%)	$80,000 → $102,384 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $207,500 (+29.0%)	$212,100 → $265,100 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $982 (+17.9%)	$1,267 → $1,661 (+31.1%)

Oberlin

Population

8,2968,054

Median household income

$50,509$73,775

Median home value

$160,900$207,500

Median gross rent

$833$982

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)

	Oberlin	Sheffield
Under 5	1.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	9.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	39.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	18.0%
75 and over	11.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oberlin	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	11.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oberlin	Sheffield
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	19.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oberlin	Sheffield
Drove alone	45.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.7%
Walked	30.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	13.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oberlin	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	61.3%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oberlin	Sheffield
Poverty rate	18.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1968	1995