Ohio City vs Van Wert

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

Ohio City 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 820 in Ohio City). Ohio City has the higher median household income ($55,588 vs $53,632 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $90,300 in Ohio City).

Population, income & housing

	Ohio City	Van Wert
Population	820	10,710
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,588	$53,632
Median home value	$90,300	$109,700
Median gross rent	$863	$739
Housing units	317	4,769
Homeownership rate	83.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ohio City	Van Wert
Population	760 → 820 (+7.9%)	11,045 → 10,710 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $55,588 (+33.4%)	$44,318 → $53,632 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $90,300 (+61.3%)	$87,600 → $109,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $863 (+14.6%)	$671 → $739 (+10.1%)

Ohio City

Population

760820

Median household income

$41,667$55,588

Median home value

$56,000$90,300

Median gross rent

$753$863

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)

	Ohio City	Van Wert
Under 5	4.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.7%
75 and over	5.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ohio City	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	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	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ohio City	Van Wert
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	64.1%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ohio City	Van Wert
Drove alone	74.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.9%
Other means	10.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ohio City	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	77.9%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Ohio City	Van Wert
Poverty rate	9.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1954	1956