Jackson Center vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Jackson Center and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sidney has the higher population (20,457 vs 1,369 in Jackson Center). Jackson Center has the higher median household income ($59,728 vs $59,560 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median home value ($159,300 vs $138,200 in Jackson Center).

Population, income & housing

	Jackson Center	Sidney
Population	1,369	20,457
Median age	37.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,728	$59,560
Median home value	$138,200	$159,300
Median gross rent	$693	$842
Housing units	589	9,224
Homeownership rate	55.9%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackson Center	Sidney
Population	1,484 → 1,369 (-7.7%)	20,590 → 20,457 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$60,781 → $59,728 (-1.7%)	$53,505 → $59,560 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $138,200 (+40.6%)	$111,100 → $159,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $693 (+14.9%)	$697 → $842 (+20.8%)

Jackson Center

Population

1,4841,369

Median household income

$60,781$59,728

Median home value

$98,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$603$693

Sidney

Population

20,59020,457

Median household income

$53,505$59,560

Median home value

$111,100$159,300

Median gross rent

$697$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jackson Center	Sidney
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackson Center	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackson Center	Sidney
No high school diploma	8.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackson Center	Sidney
Drove alone	87.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackson Center	Sidney
1-unit, detached	69.1%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	8.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Jackson Center	Sidney
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1977	1971