Huber Heights vs Kettering

A side-by-side comparison of Huber Heights and Kettering: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kettering has the higher population (57,442 vs 43,266 in Huber Heights). Huber Heights has the higher median household income ($76,551 vs $71,619 in Kettering). Kettering has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $161,900 in Huber Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Huber Heights	Kettering
Population	43,266	57,442
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,551	$71,619
Median home value	$161,900	$192,500
Median gross rent	$1,214	$983
Housing units	18,273	27,480
Homeownership rate	72.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huber Heights	Kettering
Population	40,006 → 43,266 (+8.1%)	55,390 → 57,442 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$62,461 → $76,551 (+22.6%)	$58,970 → $71,619 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $161,900 (+44.4%)	$133,800 → $192,500 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,214 (+28.9%)	$807 → $983 (+21.8%)

Huber Heights

Population

40,00643,266

Median household income

$62,461$76,551

Median home value

$112,100$161,900

Median gross rent

$942$1,214

Kettering

Population

55,39057,442

Median household income

$58,970$71,619

Median home value

$133,800$192,500

Median gross rent

$807$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huber Heights	Kettering
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.2%
75 and over	6.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huber Heights	Kettering
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	84.1%
Black or African American	14.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huber Heights	Kettering
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huber Heights	Kettering
Drove alone	80.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.7%	1.5%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huber Heights	Kettering
1-unit, detached	80.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Huber Heights	Kettering
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1975	1961