Candlewood Lake vs Cardington

A side-by-side comparison of Candlewood Lake and Cardington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cardington has the higher population (1,899 vs 1,108 in Candlewood Lake). Candlewood Lake has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $66,250 in Cardington). Candlewood Lake has the higher median home value ($245,100 vs $132,600 in Cardington).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
Population	1,108	1,899
Median age	54.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$66,250
Median home value	$245,100	$132,600
Median gross rent	—	$918
Housing units	639	847
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
Population	630 → 1,108 (+75.9%)	1,923 → 1,899 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$101,182 → $101,250 (+0.1%)	$34,394 → $66,250 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$176,100 → $245,100 (+39.2%)	$96,500 → $132,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$740 → $918 (+24.1%)

Candlewood Lake

Population

6301,108

Median household income

$101,182$101,250

Median home value

$176,100$245,100

Cardington

Population

1,9231,899

Median household income

$34,394$66,250

Median home value

$96,500$132,600

Median gross rent

$740$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
Under 5	8.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	28.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	19.6%	5.2%
75 and over	0.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
No high school diploma	1.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	47.0%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
Drove alone	68.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	31.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
1-unit, detached	90.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Candlewood Lake	Cardington
Poverty rate	7.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	2003	1981