Pomeroy vs Rutland

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

Pomeroy and Rutland 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 863 in Rutland). Rutland has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $35,492 in Pomeroy). Rutland has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $66,500 in Pomeroy).

Population, income & housing

	Pomeroy	Rutland
Population	1,732	863
Median age	36.8 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,492	$69,375
Median home value	$66,500	$85,000
Median gross rent	$499	$742
Housing units	927	288
Homeownership rate	57.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomeroy	Rutland
Population	1,990 → 1,732 (-13.0%)	526 → 863 (+64.1%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $35,492 (+8.0%)	$32,208 → $69,375 (+115.4%)
Median home value	$62,400 → $66,500 (+6.6%)	$70,600 → $85,000 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $499 (-2.9%)	$800 → $742 (-7.2%)

Pomeroy

Population

1,9901,732

Median household income

$32,857$35,492

Median home value

$62,400$66,500

Median gross rent

$514$499

Rutland

Population

526863

Median household income

$32,208$69,375

Median home value

$70,600$85,000

Median gross rent

$800$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomeroy	Rutland
Under 5	10.5%	13.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	26.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	19.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.6%
75 and over	4.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomeroy	Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomeroy	Rutland
No high school diploma	17.9%	22.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomeroy	Rutland
Drove alone	90.0%	93.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomeroy	Rutland
1-unit, detached	68.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Pomeroy	Rutland
Poverty rate	38.5%	20.5%
Average household size	2.37	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1941	1954