New Straitsville vs Shawnee

A side-by-side comparison of New Straitsville and Shawnee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Straitsville has the higher population (682 vs 295 in Shawnee). New Straitsville has the higher median household income ($53,203 vs $50,750 in Shawnee). Shawnee has the higher median home value ($71,700 vs $61,000 in New Straitsville).

Population, income & housing

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
Population	682	295
Median age	43.7 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,203	$50,750
Median home value	$61,000	$71,700
Median gross rent	$392	$633
Housing units	319	213
Homeownership rate	60.4%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
Population	632 → 682 (+7.9%)	391 → 295 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$38,355 → $53,203 (+38.7%)	$30,972 → $50,750 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $61,000 (-8.7%)	$60,200 → $71,700 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $392 (-27.1%)	$723 → $633 (-12.4%)

New Straitsville

Population

632682

Median household income

$38,355$53,203

Median home value

$66,800$61,000

Median gross rent

$538$392

Shawnee

Population

391295

Median household income

$30,972$50,750

Median home value

$60,200$71,700

Median gross rent

$723$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
Under 5	1.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	2.7%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	21.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	27.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.2%
75 and over	1.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
No high school diploma	11.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	61.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
Drove alone	84.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	68.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	New Straitsville	Shawnee
Poverty rate	18.9%	22.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1944	1938