Montpelier vs West Unity

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

Montpelier and West Unity 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 1,894 in West Unity). West Unity has the higher median household income ($62,045 vs $48,720 in Montpelier). West Unity has the higher median home value ($108,200 vs $105,200 in Montpelier).

Population, income & housing

	Montpelier	West Unity
Population	3,916	1,894
Median age	38.4 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,720	$62,045
Median home value	$105,200	$108,200
Median gross rent	$758	$829
Housing units	1,783	753
Homeownership rate	68.6%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montpelier	West Unity
Population	3,952 → 3,916 (-0.9%)	1,835 → 1,894 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$54,489 → $48,720 (-10.6%)	$45,000 → $62,045 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $105,200 (+29.2%)	$93,000 → $108,200 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $758 (+11.5%)	$631 → $829 (+31.4%)

Montpelier

Population

3,9523,916

Median household income

$54,489$48,720

Median home value

$81,400$105,200

Median gross rent

$680$758

West Unity

Population

1,8351,894

Median household income

$45,000$62,045

Median home value

$93,000$108,200

Median gross rent

$631$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montpelier	West Unity
Under 5	7.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.6%
75 and over	7.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montpelier	West Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montpelier	West Unity
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	42.2%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montpelier	West Unity
Drove alone	89.7%	90.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.4%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montpelier	West Unity
1-unit, detached	76.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Montpelier	West Unity
Poverty rate	15.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1953	1969