Cuyahoga Falls vs Stow

A side-by-side comparison of Cuyahoga Falls and Stow: population, income, housing, and more.

Cuyahoga Falls and Stow are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cuyahoga Falls has the higher population (50,864 vs 34,317 in Stow). Stow has the higher median household income ($91,933 vs $70,645 in Cuyahoga Falls). Stow has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $174,700 in Cuyahoga Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
Population	50,864	34,317
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,645	$91,933
Median home value	$174,700	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,204
Housing units	24,678	14,912
Homeownership rate	63.7%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
Population	49,192 → 50,864 (+3.4%)	34,776 → 34,317 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$57,101 → $70,645 (+23.7%)	$73,201 → $91,933 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$127,600 → $174,700 (+36.9%)	$181,400 → $238,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)	$1,011 → $1,204 (+19.1%)

Cuyahoga Falls

Population

49,19250,864

Median household income

$57,101$70,645

Median home value

$127,600$174,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

Stow

Population

34,77634,317

Median household income

$73,201$91,933

Median home value

$181,400$238,000

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.5%
75 and over	6.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
Drove alone	79.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	15.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
1-unit, detached	64.5%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.2%
20 or more units	11.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cuyahoga Falls	Stow
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1959	1979