Trotwood vs Vandalia

A side-by-side comparison of Trotwood and Vandalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trotwood has the higher population (23,041 vs 15,100 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($76,290 vs $49,082 in Trotwood). Vandalia has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $99,500 in Trotwood).

Population, income & housing

	Trotwood	Vandalia
Population	23,041	15,100
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,082	$76,290
Median home value	$99,500	$186,500
Median gross rent	$974	$863
Housing units	11,746	6,841
Homeownership rate	59.4%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Trotwood	Vandalia
Population	24,375 → 23,041 (-5.5%)	15,045 → 15,100 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$36,778 → $49,082 (+33.5%)	$58,277 → $76,290 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $99,500 (+37.4%)	$143,200 → $186,500 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $974 (+27.7%)	$721 → $863 (+19.7%)

Trotwood

Population

24,37523,041

Median household income

$36,778$49,082

Median home value

$72,400$99,500

Median gross rent

$763$974

Vandalia

Population

15,04515,100

Median household income

$58,277$76,290

Median home value

$143,200$186,500

Median gross rent

$721$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Trotwood	Vandalia
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.0%
75 and over	9.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Trotwood	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	63.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Trotwood	Vandalia
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Trotwood	Vandalia
Drove alone	75.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.6%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Trotwood	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	71.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Trotwood	Vandalia
Poverty rate	21.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1963	1972