Boston Heights vs Peninsula

A side-by-side comparison of Boston Heights and Peninsula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boston Heights has the higher population (1,436 vs 601 in Peninsula). Boston Heights has the higher median household income ($127,083 vs $125,417 in Peninsula). Boston Heights has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $421,300 in Peninsula).

Population, income & housing

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
Population	1,436	601
Median age	50.6 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,083	$125,417
Median home value	$435,400	$421,300
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,297
Housing units	588	284
Homeownership rate	95.6%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
Population	1,071 → 1,436 (+34.1%)	643 → 601 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$120,250 → $127,083 (+5.7%)	$106,250 → $125,417 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$397,500 → $435,400 (+9.5%)	$304,200 → $421,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,071 (+14.7%)	$1,250 → $1,297 (+3.8%)

Boston Heights

Population

1,0711,436

Median household income

$120,250$127,083

Median home value

$397,500$435,400

Median gross rent

$934$1,071

Peninsula

Population

643601

Median household income

$106,250$125,417

Median home value

$304,200$421,300

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	4.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	18.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	21.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	18.6%
75 and over	9.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
Drove alone	76.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	25.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
1-unit, detached	98.1%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston Heights	Peninsula
Poverty rate	4.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1991	1952