Kettering vs Miamisburg

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

Kettering and Miamisburg 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 19,859 in Miamisburg). Miamisburg has the higher median household income ($82,095 vs $71,619 in Kettering). Miamisburg has the higher median home value ($203,700 vs $192,500 in Kettering).

Population, income & housing

	Kettering	Miamisburg
Population	57,442	19,859
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,619	$82,095
Median home value	$192,500	$203,700
Median gross rent	$983	$1,119
Housing units	27,480	7,895
Homeownership rate	64.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettering	Miamisburg
Population	55,390 → 57,442 (+3.7%)	19,993 → 19,859 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$58,970 → $71,619 (+21.4%)	$63,042 → $82,095 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$133,800 → $192,500 (+43.9%)	$144,600 → $203,700 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $983 (+21.8%)	$815 → $1,119 (+37.3%)

Kettering

Population

55,39057,442

Median household income

$58,970$71,619

Median home value

$133,800$192,500

Median gross rent

$807$983

Miamisburg

Population

19,99319,859

Median household income

$63,042$82,095

Median home value

$144,600$203,700

Median gross rent

$815$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettering	Miamisburg
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.8%
75 and over	7.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettering	Miamisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettering	Miamisburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	21.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettering	Miamisburg
Drove alone	77.7%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettering	Miamisburg
1-unit, detached	69.2%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kettering	Miamisburg
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1961	1974