Sheffield vs Sheffield Lake

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

Sheffield 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 4,287 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($102,384 vs $62,065 in Sheffield Lake). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $153,400 in Sheffield Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
Population	4,287	8,946
Median age	50.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,384	$62,065
Median home value	$265,100	$153,400
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,014
Housing units	1,815	4,604
Homeownership rate	73.9%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
Population	4,190 → 4,287 (+2.3%)	8,968 → 8,946 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $102,384 (+28.0%)	$62,292 → $62,065 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$212,100 → $265,100 (+25.0%)	$111,800 → $153,400 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,267 → $1,661 (+31.1%)	$881 → $1,014 (+15.1%)

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

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)

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
Under 5	2.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	18.0%	14.5%
75 and over	10.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
Drove alone	80.6%	86.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
1-unit, detached	70.7%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheffield	Sheffield Lake
Poverty rate	2.7%	12.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1995	1967