Oakwood vs Paulding

A side-by-side comparison of Oakwood and Paulding: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paulding has the higher population (3,513 vs 443 in Oakwood). Paulding has the higher median household income ($56,308 vs $46,528 in Oakwood). Paulding has the higher median home value ($108,400 vs $78,900 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood	Paulding
Population	443	3,513
Median age	33.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,528	$56,308
Median home value	$78,900	$108,400
Median gross rent	$538	$748
Housing units	212	1,761
Homeownership rate	63.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood	Paulding
Population	619 → 443 (-28.4%)	3,536 → 3,513 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $46,528 (+5.7%)	$42,461 → $56,308 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $78,900 (+5.8%)	$77,400 → $108,400 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $538 (-26.5%)	$627 → $748 (+19.3%)

Oakwood

Population

619443

Median household income

$44,000$46,528

Median home value

$74,600$78,900

Median gross rent

$732$538

Paulding

Population

3,5363,513

Median household income

$42,461$56,308

Median home value

$77,400$108,400

Median gross rent

$627$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood	Paulding
Under 5	7.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	28.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	4.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.6%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood	Paulding
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood	Paulding
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	56.3%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood	Paulding
Drove alone	81.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	4.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood	Paulding
1-unit, detached	99.1%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood	Paulding
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1957	1962