Coldwater vs Fort Recovery

A side-by-side comparison of Coldwater and Fort Recovery: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coldwater has the higher population (4,387 vs 1,863 in Fort Recovery). Coldwater has the higher median household income ($77,730 vs $66,833 in Fort Recovery). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($215,700 vs $162,000 in Fort Recovery).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
Population	4,387	1,863
Median age	32.1 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,730	$66,833
Median home value	$215,700	$162,000
Median gross rent	$800	$767
Housing units	1,559	727
Homeownership rate	78.6%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
Population	4,366 → 4,387 (+0.5%)	1,526 → 1,863 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$59,719 → $77,730 (+30.2%)	$63,077 → $66,833 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $215,700 (+52.2%)	$116,000 → $162,000 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $800 (+26.6%)	$473 → $767 (+62.2%)

Coldwater

Population

4,3664,387

Median household income

$59,719$77,730

Median home value

$141,700$215,700

Median gross rent

$632$800

Fort Recovery

Population

1,5261,863

Median household income

$63,077$66,833

Median home value

$116,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$473$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
Under 5	5.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	26.9%	25.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
Drove alone	79.7%	91.8%
Carpooled	15.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
1-unit, detached	82.9%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Fort Recovery
Poverty rate	2.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1974	1964