New Boston vs Wheelersburg

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

New Boston 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 2,392 in New Boston). Wheelersburg has the higher median household income ($70,795 vs $25,759 in New Boston). Wheelersburg has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $55,900 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
Population	2,392	6,414
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$25,759	$70,795
Median home value	$55,900	$209,200
Median gross rent	$601	$715
Housing units	1,169	2,802
Homeownership rate	33.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
Population	2,266 → 2,392 (+5.6%)	6,082 → 6,414 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$22,332 → $25,759 (+15.3%)	$58,730 → $70,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$52,800 → $55,900 (+5.9%)	$159,300 → $209,200 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $601 (+13.8%)	$621 → $715 (+15.1%)

New Boston

Population

2,2662,392

Median household income

$22,332$25,759

Median home value

$52,800$55,900

Median gross rent

$528$601

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)

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
Under 5	8.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
No high school diploma	24.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	46.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
Drove alone	81.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	10.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
1-unit, detached	61.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	New Boston	Wheelersburg
Poverty rate	29.7%	13.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1955	1975