Middle Point vs Van Wert

A side-by-side comparison of Middle Point and Van Wert: population, income, housing, and more.

Middle Point and Van Wert are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Van Wert has the higher population (10,710 vs 645 in Middle Point). Middle Point has the higher median household income ($53,906 vs $53,632 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $83,100 in Middle Point).

Population, income & housing

	Middle Point	Van Wert
Population	645	10,710
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,906	$53,632
Median home value	$83,100	$109,700
Median gross rent	$685	$739
Housing units	324	4,769
Homeownership rate	93.9%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle Point	Van Wert
Population	514 → 645 (+25.5%)	11,045 → 10,710 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $53,906 (-2.0%)	$44,318 → $53,632 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $83,100 (+17.2%)	$87,600 → $109,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $685 (-13.7%)	$671 → $739 (+10.1%)

Middle Point

Population

514645

Median household income

$55,000$53,906

Median home value

$70,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$794$685

Van Wert

Population

11,04510,710

Median household income

$44,318$53,632

Median home value

$87,600$109,700

Median gross rent

$671$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle Point	Van Wert
Under 5	4.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.7%
75 and over	3.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle Point	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle Point	Van Wert
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	54.5%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle Point	Van Wert
Drove alone	87.4%	84.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle Point	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	94.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Middle Point	Van Wert
Poverty rate	9.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1957	1956