Pomeroy vs Racine

A side-by-side comparison of Pomeroy and Racine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pomeroy has the higher population (1,732 vs 1,022 in Racine). Racine has the higher median household income ($42,167 vs $35,492 in Pomeroy). Racine has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $66,500 in Pomeroy).

Population, income & housing

	Pomeroy	Racine
Population	1,732	1,022
Median age	36.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,492	$42,167
Median home value	$66,500	$126,300
Median gross rent	$499	$682
Housing units	927	496
Homeownership rate	57.8%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomeroy	Racine
Population	1,990 → 1,732 (-13.0%)	609 → 1,022 (+67.8%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $35,492 (+8.0%)	$42,434 → $42,167 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$62,400 → $66,500 (+6.6%)	$100,000 → $126,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $499 (-2.9%)	$568 → $682 (+20.1%)

Pomeroy

Population

1,9901,732

Median household income

$32,857$35,492

Median home value

$62,400$66,500

Median gross rent

$514$499

Racine

Population

6091,022

Median household income

$42,434$42,167

Median home value

$100,000$126,300

Median gross rent

$568$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomeroy	Racine
Under 5	10.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	19.1%	22.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.7%
75 and over	4.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomeroy	Racine
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomeroy	Racine
No high school diploma	17.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	44.2%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomeroy	Racine
Drove alone	90.0%	95.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomeroy	Racine
1-unit, detached	68.0%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Pomeroy	Racine
Poverty rate	38.5%	19.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	45
Median year structure built	1941	1965