Van Wert vs Willshire

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

Van Wert and Willshire 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 409 in Willshire). Van Wert has the higher median household income ($53,632 vs $50,625 in Willshire). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $72,800 in Willshire).

Population, income & housing

	Van Wert	Willshire
Population	10,710	409
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,632	$50,625
Median home value	$109,700	$72,800
Median gross rent	$739	$817
Housing units	4,769	172
Homeownership rate	67.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Wert	Willshire
Population	11,045 → 10,710 (-3.0%)	369 → 409 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$44,318 → $53,632 (+21.0%)	$45,625 → $50,625 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $109,700 (+25.2%)	$52,600 → $72,800 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $739 (+10.1%)	$700 → $817 (+16.7%)

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

Willshire

Population

369409

Median household income

$45,625$50,625

Median home value

$52,600$72,800

Median gross rent

$700$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Van Wert	Willshire
Under 5	7.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Wert	Willshire
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Wert	Willshire
No high school diploma	7.7%	18.6%
High school graduate	44.1%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Wert	Willshire
Drove alone	84.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Wert	Willshire
1-unit, detached	80.2%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Van Wert	Willshire
Poverty rate	15.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1956	1946