Orrville vs Wooster

A side-by-side comparison of Orrville and Wooster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wooster has the higher population (27,012 vs 8,361 in Orrville). Orrville has the higher median household income ($70,103 vs $65,888 in Wooster). Wooster has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $178,500 in Orrville).

Population, income & housing

	Orrville	Wooster
Population	8,361	27,012
Median age	39.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,103	$65,888
Median home value	$178,500	$198,400
Median gross rent	$851	$882
Housing units	3,486	11,914
Homeownership rate	63.8%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orrville	Wooster
Population	8,339 → 8,361 (+0.3%)	26,673 → 27,012 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$55,129 → $70,103 (+27.2%)	$47,944 → $65,888 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $178,500 (+48.1%)	$143,100 → $198,400 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $851 (+8.3%)	$728 → $882 (+21.2%)

Orrville

Population

8,3398,361

Median household income

$55,129$70,103

Median home value

$120,500$178,500

Median gross rent

$786$851

Wooster

Population

26,67327,012

Median household income

$47,944$65,888

Median home value

$143,100$198,400

Median gross rent

$728$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orrville	Wooster
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	16.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.1%
75 and over	8.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orrville	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	86.8%
Black or African American	6.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orrville	Wooster
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orrville	Wooster
Drove alone	74.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	14.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orrville	Wooster
1-unit, detached	64.3%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Orrville	Wooster
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1970	1972