Lucasville vs West Portsmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Lucasville and West Portsmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Portsmouth has the higher population (2,806 vs 1,714 in Lucasville). Lucasville has the higher median household income ($70,489 vs $48,925 in West Portsmouth). Lucasville has the higher median home value ($187,400 vs $116,900 in West Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
Population	1,714	2,806
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,489	$48,925
Median home value	$187,400	$116,900
Median gross rent	$821	$691
Housing units	805	1,345
Homeownership rate	74.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
Population	1,503 → 1,714 (+14.0%)	3,213 → 2,806 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$29,940 → $70,489 (+135.4%)	$42,047 → $48,925 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $187,400 (+33.9%)	$70,700 → $116,900 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $821 (+38.2%)	$656 → $691 (+5.3%)

Lucasville

Population

1,5031,714

Median household income

$29,940$70,489

Median home value

$140,000$187,400

Median gross rent

$594$821

West Portsmouth

Population

3,2132,806

Median household income

$42,047$48,925

Median home value

$70,700$116,900

Median gross rent

$656$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
Under 5	3.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.6%
75 and over	8.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
No high school diploma	19.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
Drove alone	77.3%	92.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	91.2%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lucasville	West Portsmouth
Poverty rate	8.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1965	1957