Sheffield Lake vs Wellington

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

Sheffield Lake and Wellington 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 4,514 in Wellington). Wellington has the higher median household income ($68,510 vs $62,065 in Sheffield Lake). Wellington has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $153,400 in Sheffield Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
Population	8,946	4,514
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,065	$68,510
Median home value	$153,400	$181,400
Median gross rent	$1,014	$757
Housing units	4,604	1,878
Homeownership rate	72.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
Population	8,968 → 8,946 (-0.2%)	5,135 → 4,514 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$62,292 → $62,065 (-0.4%)	$48,333 → $68,510 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $153,400 (+37.2%)	$120,800 → $181,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,014 (+15.1%)	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)

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

Wellington

Population

5,1354,514

Median household income

$48,333$68,510

Median home value

$120,800$181,400

Median gross rent

$603$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
Under 5	4.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	42.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
Drove alone	86.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
1-unit, detached	75.6%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	13.9%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheffield Lake	Wellington
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1967	1970