Newcomerstown vs Sugarcreek

A side-by-side comparison of Newcomerstown and Sugarcreek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newcomerstown has the higher population (3,585 vs 2,614 in Sugarcreek). Sugarcreek has the higher median household income ($75,750 vs $35,125 in Newcomerstown). Sugarcreek has the higher median home value ($220,000 vs $89,700 in Newcomerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
Population	3,585	2,614
Median age	48.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,125	$75,750
Median home value	$89,700	$220,000
Median gross rent	$812	$822
Housing units	1,837	1,089
Homeownership rate	49.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	27.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
Population	3,949 → 3,585 (-9.2%)	2,245 → 2,614 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$34,236 → $35,125 (+2.6%)	$56,333 → $75,750 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $89,700 (+13.8%)	$164,300 → $220,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $812 (+13.9%)	$754 → $822 (+9.0%)

Newcomerstown

Population

3,9493,585

Median household income

$34,236$35,125

Median home value

$78,800$89,700

Median gross rent

$713$812

Sugarcreek

Population

2,2452,614

Median household income

$56,333$75,750

Median home value

$164,300$220,000

Median gross rent

$754$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
Under 5	7.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	19.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
No high school diploma	15.4%	15.5%
High school graduate	51.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
Drove alone	82.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
1-unit, detached	70.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Newcomerstown	Sugarcreek
Poverty rate	34.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1952	1974