Lordstown vs McDonald

A side-by-side comparison of Lordstown and McDonald: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lordstown has the higher population (3,329 vs 3,150 in McDonald). McDonald has the higher median household income ($73,625 vs $64,503 in Lordstown). Lordstown has the higher median home value ($161,900 vs $146,500 in McDonald).

Population, income & housing

	Lordstown	McDonald
Population	3,329	3,150
Median age	48.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,503	$73,625
Median home value	$161,900	$146,500
Median gross rent	$968	$834
Housing units	1,457	1,431
Homeownership rate	86.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lordstown	McDonald
Population	3,291 → 3,329 (+1.2%)	3,087 → 3,150 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$55,594 → $64,503 (+16.0%)	$49,179 → $73,625 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $161,900 (+19.0%)	$91,500 → $146,500 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $968 (+41.9%)	$741 → $834 (+12.6%)

Lordstown

Population

3,2913,329

Median household income

$55,594$64,503

Median home value

$136,100$161,900

Median gross rent

$682$968

McDonald

Population

3,0873,150

Median household income

$49,179$73,625

Median home value

$91,500$146,500

Median gross rent

$741$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lordstown	McDonald
Under 5	3.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.8%
75 and over	12.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lordstown	McDonald
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	97.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lordstown	McDonald
No high school diploma	12.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	41.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lordstown	McDonald
Drove alone	80.5%	92.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lordstown	McDonald
1-unit, detached	74.7%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lordstown	McDonald
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1976	1964