Cardington vs Mount Gilead

A side-by-side comparison of Cardington and Mount Gilead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Gilead has the higher population (2,909 vs 1,899 in Cardington). Cardington has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $49,536 in Mount Gilead). Mount Gilead has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $132,600 in Cardington).

Population, income & housing

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
Population	1,899	2,909
Median age	38.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$49,536
Median home value	$132,600	$156,200
Median gross rent	$918	$790
Housing units	847	1,426
Homeownership rate	61.9%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
Population	1,923 → 1,899 (-1.2%)	3,334 → 2,909 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$34,394 → $66,250 (+92.6%)	$35,660 → $49,536 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $132,600 (+37.4%)	$101,300 → $156,200 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $918 (+24.1%)	$591 → $790 (+33.7%)

Cardington

Population

1,9231,899

Median household income

$34,394$66,250

Median home value

$96,500$132,600

Median gross rent

$740$918

Mount Gilead

Population

3,3342,909

Median household income

$35,660$49,536

Median home value

$101,300$156,200

Median gross rent

$591$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
Under 5	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	10.0%
75 and over	1.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	87.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.7%
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	8.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
No high school diploma	9.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	55.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
Drove alone	85.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.9%
Other means	1.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
1-unit, detached	68.8%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	31.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Cardington	Mount Gilead
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1981	1961