Lucasville vs Wheelersburg

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

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

Wheelersburg has the higher population (6,414 vs 1,714 in Lucasville). Wheelersburg has the higher median household income ($70,795 vs $70,489 in Lucasville). Wheelersburg has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $187,400 in Lucasville).

Population, income & housing

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
Population	1,714	6,414
Median age	45.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,489	$70,795
Median home value	$187,400	$209,200
Median gross rent	$821	$715
Housing units	805	2,802
Homeownership rate	74.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
Population	1,503 → 1,714 (+14.0%)	6,082 → 6,414 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$29,940 → $70,489 (+135.4%)	$58,730 → $70,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $187,400 (+33.9%)	$159,300 → $209,200 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $821 (+38.2%)	$621 → $715 (+15.1%)

Lucasville

Population

1,5031,714

Median household income

$29,940$70,489

Median home value

$140,000$187,400

Median gross rent

$594$821

Wheelersburg

Population

6,0826,414

Median household income

$58,730$70,795

Median home value

$159,300$209,200

Median gross rent

$621$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
Under 5	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.6%
75 and over	8.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
No high school diploma	19.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
Drove alone	77.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
1-unit, detached	91.2%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Lucasville	Wheelersburg
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1965	1975