Lucas vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Lucas and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plymouth has the higher population (1,649 vs 524 in Lucas). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($62,054 vs $57,353 in Lucas). Lucas has the higher median home value ($116,800 vs $100,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Lucas	Plymouth
Population	524	1,649
Median age	40.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,353	$62,054
Median home value	$116,800	$100,400
Median gross rent	$764	$821
Housing units	242	785
Homeownership rate	61.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucas	Plymouth
Population	456 → 524 (+14.9%)	1,597 → 1,649 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $57,353 (+8.8%)	$44,844 → $62,054 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $116,800 (+27.1%)	$75,400 → $100,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $764 (+8.2%)	$721 → $821 (+13.9%)

Lucas

Population

456524

Median household income

$52,708$57,353

Median home value

$91,900$116,800

Median gross rent

$706$764

Plymouth

Population

1,5971,649

Median household income

$44,844$62,054

Median home value

$75,400$100,400

Median gross rent

$721$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucas	Plymouth
Under 5	3.2%	11.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	6.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.7%
75 and over	11.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucas	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucas	Plymouth
No high school diploma	7.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	46.6%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucas	Plymouth
Drove alone	86.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucas	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	65.3%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	27.7%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lucas	Plymouth
Poverty rate	8.8%	13.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1956	1956