Hamden vs Wilkesville

A side-by-side comparison of Hamden and Wilkesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamden has the higher population (720 vs 164 in Wilkesville). Hamden has the higher median home value ($100,200 vs $78,600 in Wilkesville). Since 2019, Wilkesville's population has grown faster (-1.8% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hamden	Wilkesville
Population	720	164
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	—
Median home value	$100,200	$78,600
Median gross rent	$768	—
Housing units	336	78
Homeownership rate	66.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamden	Wilkesville
Population	742 → 720 (-3.0%)	167 → 164 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$29,297 → $48,750 (+66.4%)	$49,167 → $42,604 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $100,200 (+47.1%)	$59,300 → $78,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $768 (+15.0%)	—

Hamden

Population

742720

Median household income

$29,297$48,750

Median home value

$68,100$100,200

Median gross rent

$668$768

Wilkesville

Population

167164

Median household income

$49,167$42,604

Median home value

$59,300$78,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamden	Wilkesville
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	16.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	20.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.1%
75 and over	8.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamden	Wilkesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamden	Wilkesville
No high school diploma	11.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	51.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamden	Wilkesville
Drove alone	85.6%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamden	Wilkesville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Hamden	Wilkesville
Poverty rate	17.1%	3.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	54
Median year structure built	1967	1958