Oberlin vs Sheffield Lake

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

Oberlin 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 8,054 in Oberlin). Oberlin has the higher median household income ($73,775 vs $62,065 in Sheffield Lake). Oberlin has the higher median home value ($207,500 vs $153,400 in Sheffield Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
Population	8,054	8,946
Median age	24.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,775	$62,065
Median home value	$207,500	$153,400
Median gross rent	$982	$1,014
Housing units	2,635	4,604
Homeownership rate	57.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
Population	8,296 → 8,054 (-2.9%)	8,968 → 8,946 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$50,509 → $73,775 (+46.1%)	$62,292 → $62,065 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $207,500 (+29.0%)	$111,800 → $153,400 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $982 (+17.9%)	$881 → $1,014 (+15.1%)

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 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)

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
Under 5	1.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	9.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	39.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.5%
75 and over	11.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	88.4%
Black or African American	11.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.9%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
Drove alone	45.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.3%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	30.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
1-unit, detached	61.3%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	9.0%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oberlin	Sheffield Lake
Poverty rate	18.8%	12.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1968	1967