Paulding vs Payne

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

Paulding and Payne 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 1,329 in Payne). Paulding has the higher median household income ($56,308 vs $56,250 in Payne). Paulding has the higher median home value ($108,400 vs $107,500 in Payne).

Population, income & housing

	Paulding	Payne
Population	3,513	1,329
Median age	40.9 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,308	$56,250
Median home value	$108,400	$107,500
Median gross rent	$748	$763
Housing units	1,761	489
Homeownership rate	66.6%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paulding	Payne
Population	3,536 → 3,513 (-0.7%)	1,297 → 1,329 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$42,461 → $56,308 (+32.6%)	$44,052 → $56,250 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $108,400 (+40.1%)	$70,900 → $107,500 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $748 (+19.3%)	$642 → $763 (+18.8%)

Paulding

Population

3,5363,513

Median household income

$42,461$56,308

Median home value

$77,400$108,400

Median gross rent

$627$748

Payne

Population

1,2971,329

Median household income

$44,052$56,250

Median home value

$70,900$107,500

Median gross rent

$642$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paulding	Payne
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	26.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.2%
75 and over	8.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paulding	Payne
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	91.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paulding	Payne
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	40.1%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paulding	Payne
Drove alone	84.7%	86.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paulding	Payne
1-unit, detached	80.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Paulding	Payne
Poverty rate	12.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1962	1946