Sheffield vs South Amherst

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

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

Sheffield has the higher population (4,287 vs 1,771 in South Amherst). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($102,384 vs $83,654 in South Amherst). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $186,000 in South Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Sheffield	South Amherst
Population	4,287	1,771
Median age	50.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,384	$83,654
Median home value	$265,100	$186,000
Median gross rent	$1,661	$893
Housing units	1,815	767
Homeownership rate	73.9%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheffield	South Amherst
Population	4,190 → 4,287 (+2.3%)	1,820 → 1,771 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $102,384 (+28.0%)	$58,641 → $83,654 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$212,100 → $265,100 (+25.0%)	$137,700 → $186,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,267 → $1,661 (+31.1%)	$802 → $893 (+11.3%)

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

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)

	Sheffield	South Amherst
Under 5	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	18.0%	13.7%
75 and over	10.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheffield	South Amherst
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheffield	South Amherst
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheffield	South Amherst
Drove alone	80.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheffield	South Amherst
1-unit, detached	70.7%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheffield	South Amherst
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1995	1954