Elmore vs Port Clinton

A side-by-side comparison of Elmore and Port Clinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Clinton has the higher population (5,999 vs 1,524 in Elmore). Elmore has the higher median household income ($85,474 vs $58,524 in Port Clinton). Elmore has the higher median home value ($155,700 vs $142,100 in Port Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore	Port Clinton
Population	1,524	5,999
Median age	34.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,474	$58,524
Median home value	$155,700	$142,100
Median gross rent	$667	$882
Housing units	637	3,756
Homeownership rate	77.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore	Port Clinton
Population	1,419 → 1,524 (+7.4%)	6,197 → 5,999 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$42,045 → $85,474 (+103.3%)	$42,045 → $58,524 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $155,700 (+32.7%)	$110,800 → $142,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $667 (+5.4%)	$621 → $882 (+42.0%)

Elmore

Population

1,4191,524

Median household income

$42,045$85,474

Median home value

$117,300$155,700

Median gross rent

$633$667

Port Clinton

Population

6,1975,999

Median household income

$42,045$58,524

Median home value

$110,800$142,100

Median gross rent

$621$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmore	Port Clinton
Under 5	7.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	16.1%
75 and over	4.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore	Port Clinton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore	Port Clinton
No high school diploma	5.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	26.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore	Port Clinton
Drove alone	91.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore	Port Clinton
1-unit, detached	84.0%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmore	Port Clinton
Poverty rate	7.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1940	1958