Newcomerstown vs Wilkshire Hills

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

Newcomerstown and Wilkshire Hills 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 3,048 in Wilkshire Hills). Wilkshire Hills has the higher median household income ($66,219 vs $35,125 in Newcomerstown). Wilkshire Hills has the higher median home value ($259,000 vs $89,700 in Newcomerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
Population	3,585	3,048
Median age	48.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,125	$66,219
Median home value	$89,700	$259,000
Median gross rent	$812	$797
Housing units	1,837	1,357
Homeownership rate	49.9%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	27.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
Population	3,949 → 3,585 (-9.2%)	2,726 → 3,048 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$34,236 → $35,125 (+2.6%)	$58,973 → $66,219 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $89,700 (+13.8%)	$178,800 → $259,000 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $812 (+13.9%)	$724 → $797 (+10.1%)

Newcomerstown

Population

3,9493,585

Median household income

$34,236$35,125

Median home value

$78,800$89,700

Median gross rent

$713$812

Wilkshire Hills

Population

2,7263,048

Median household income

$58,973$66,219

Median home value

$178,800$259,000

Median gross rent

$724$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	19.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.4%
75 and over	6.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
No high school diploma	15.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	51.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
Drove alone	82.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
1-unit, detached	70.3%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	35.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newcomerstown	Wilkshire Hills
Poverty rate	34.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1952	1986