West Portsmouth vs Wheelersburg

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

West Portsmouth 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 2,806 in West Portsmouth). Wheelersburg has the higher median household income ($70,795 vs $48,925 in West Portsmouth). Wheelersburg has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $116,900 in West Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Population	2,806	6,414
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,925	$70,795
Median home value	$116,900	$209,200
Median gross rent	$691	$715
Housing units	1,345	2,802
Homeownership rate	75.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Population	3,213 → 2,806 (-12.7%)	6,082 → 6,414 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$42,047 → $48,925 (+16.4%)	$58,730 → $70,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $116,900 (+65.3%)	$159,300 → $209,200 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $691 (+5.3%)	$621 → $715 (+15.1%)

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

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)

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.6%
75 and over	5.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
No high school diploma	12.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Drove alone	92.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
1-unit, detached	90.7%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	West Portsmouth	Wheelersburg
Poverty rate	14.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1975