Boston Heights vs Pigeon Creek

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

Boston Heights and Pigeon Creek 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 966 in Pigeon Creek). Pigeon Creek has the higher median household income ($156,250 vs $127,083 in Boston Heights). Boston Heights has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $350,900 in Pigeon Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
Population	1,436	966
Median age	50.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,083	$156,250
Median home value	$435,400	$350,900
Median gross rent	$1,071	—
Housing units	588	304
Homeownership rate	95.6%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	69.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
Population	1,071 → 1,436 (+34.1%)	827 → 966 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$120,250 → $127,083 (+5.7%)	$92,391 → $156,250 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$397,500 → $435,400 (+9.5%)	$223,800 → $350,900 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,071 (+14.7%)	—

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

Pigeon Creek

Population

827966

Median household income

$92,391$156,250

Median home value

$223,800$350,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	27.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	22.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	21.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	9.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	36.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
Drove alone	76.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	14.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston Heights	Pigeon Creek
1-unit, detached	98.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
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	Pigeon Creek
Poverty rate	4.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.51	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1991	1975