Lodi vs Valley City

A side-by-side comparison of Lodi and Valley City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lodi has the higher population (2,757 vs 696 in Valley City). Valley City has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $52,075 in Lodi). Valley City has the higher median home value ($464,900 vs $159,200 in Lodi).

Population, income & housing

	Lodi	Valley City
Population	2,757	696
Median age	42.1 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,075	$124,000
Median home value	$159,200	$464,900
Median gross rent	$826	—
Housing units	1,359	326
Homeownership rate	62.3%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lodi	Valley City
Population	2,857 → 2,757 (-3.5%)	520 → 696 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$39,453 → $52,075 (+32.0%)	$82,950 → $124,000 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$129,000 → $159,200 (+23.4%)	$314,100 → $464,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $826 (+26.9%)	—

Lodi

Population

2,8572,757

Median household income

$39,453$52,075

Median home value

$129,000$159,200

Median gross rent

$651$826

Valley City

Population

520696

Median household income

$82,950$124,000

Median home value

$314,100$464,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lodi	Valley City
Under 5	8.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	0.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	21.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	21.4%
75 and over	6.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lodi	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lodi	Valley City
No high school diploma	11.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	49.3%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lodi	Valley City
Drove alone	80.0%	64.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	24.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lodi	Valley City
1-unit, detached	61.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Lodi	Valley City
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1961	2002