Montpelier vs Pioneer

A side-by-side comparison of Montpelier and Pioneer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montpelier has the higher population (3,916 vs 1,276 in Pioneer). Montpelier has the higher median household income ($48,720 vs $47,768 in Pioneer). Pioneer has the higher median home value ($143,000 vs $105,200 in Montpelier).

Population, income & housing

	Montpelier	Pioneer
Population	3,916	1,276
Median age	38.4 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,720	$47,768
Median home value	$105,200	$143,000
Median gross rent	$758	$688
Housing units	1,783	633
Homeownership rate	68.6%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montpelier	Pioneer
Population	3,952 → 3,916 (-0.9%)	1,623 → 1,276 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$54,489 → $48,720 (-10.6%)	$50,000 → $47,768 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $105,200 (+29.2%)	$93,800 → $143,000 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $758 (+11.5%)	$797 → $688 (-13.7%)

Montpelier

Population

3,9523,916

Median household income

$54,489$48,720

Median home value

$81,400$105,200

Median gross rent

$680$758

Pioneer

Population

1,6231,276

Median household income

$50,000$47,768

Median home value

$93,800$143,000

Median gross rent

$797$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montpelier	Pioneer
Under 5	7.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.9%
75 and over	7.6%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montpelier	Pioneer
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montpelier	Pioneer
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	42.2%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montpelier	Pioneer
Drove alone	89.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.3%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montpelier	Pioneer
1-unit, detached	76.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Montpelier	Pioneer
Poverty rate	15.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1953	1957