Stow vs Tallmadge

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

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

Stow has the higher population (34,317 vs 18,394 in Tallmadge). Stow has the higher median household income ($91,933 vs $91,273 in Tallmadge). Stow has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $226,400 in Tallmadge).

Population, income & housing

	Stow	Tallmadge
Population	34,317	18,394
Median age	40.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,933	$91,273
Median home value	$238,000	$226,400
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,008
Housing units	14,912	7,717
Homeownership rate	71.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stow	Tallmadge
Population	34,776 → 34,317 (-1.3%)	17,589 → 18,394 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$73,201 → $91,933 (+25.6%)	$75,622 → $91,273 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$181,400 → $238,000 (+31.2%)	$172,900 → $226,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $1,204 (+19.1%)	$775 → $1,008 (+30.1%)

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

Tallmadge

Population

17,58918,394

Median household income

$75,622$91,273

Median home value

$172,900$226,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stow	Tallmadge
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.3%
75 and over	8.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stow	Tallmadge
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	4.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stow	Tallmadge
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stow	Tallmadge
Drove alone	75.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	10.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stow	Tallmadge
1-unit, detached	63.8%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Stow	Tallmadge
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1979	1970