Boston Heights vs Sawyerwood

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

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

Sawyerwood has the higher population (1,437 vs 1,436 in Boston Heights). Boston Heights has the higher median household income ($127,083 vs $53,750 in Sawyerwood). Boston Heights has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $117,900 in Sawyerwood).

Population, income & housing

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
Population	1,436	1,437
Median age	50.6 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,083	$53,750
Median home value	$435,400	$117,900
Median gross rent	$1,071	—
Housing units	588	605
Homeownership rate	95.6%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	18.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
Population	1,071 → 1,436 (+34.1%)	1,613 → 1,437 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$120,250 → $127,083 (+5.7%)	$31,544 → $53,750 (+70.4%)
Median home value	$397,500 → $435,400 (+9.5%)	$61,000 → $117,900 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,071 (+14.7%)	$616 → $626 (+1.6%)

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

Sawyerwood

Population

1,6131,437

Median household income

$31,544$53,750

Median home value

$61,000$117,900

Median gross rent

$616$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
Under 5	4.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	18.7%	19.6%
55 to 64	21.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.4%
75 and over	9.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
No high school diploma	2.2%	17.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
Drove alone	76.7%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	15.3%
Other means	1.5%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
1-unit, detached	98.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Boston Heights	Sawyerwood
Poverty rate	4.4%	25.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1991	1957