Doylestown vs West Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Doylestown and West Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Doylestown has the higher population (3,052 vs 1,301 in West Salem). Doylestown has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $57,917 in West Salem). Doylestown has the higher median home value ($247,300 vs $123,000 in West Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Doylestown	West Salem
Population	3,052	1,301
Median age	43.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$57,917
Median home value	$247,300	$123,000
Median gross rent	$889	$770
Housing units	1,317	630
Homeownership rate	72.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doylestown	West Salem
Population	3,077 → 3,052 (-0.8%)	1,622 → 1,301 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$68,807 → $75,000 (+9.0%)	$39,196 → $57,917 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $247,300 (+62.5%)	$82,300 → $123,000 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $889 (+29.0%)	$682 → $770 (+12.9%)

Doylestown

Population

3,0773,052

Median household income

$68,807$75,000

Median home value

$152,200$247,300

Median gross rent

$689$889

West Salem

Population

1,6221,301

Median household income

$39,196$57,917

Median home value

$82,300$123,000

Median gross rent

$682$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doylestown	West Salem
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	19.8%
75 and over	11.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doylestown	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doylestown	West Salem
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doylestown	West Salem
Drove alone	82.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	3.4%
Other means	3.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doylestown	West Salem
1-unit, detached	74.0%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Doylestown	West Salem
Poverty rate	3.5%	14.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1975	1971