Pioneer vs West Unity

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

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

West Unity has the higher population (1,894 vs 1,276 in Pioneer). West Unity has the higher median household income ($62,045 vs $47,768 in Pioneer). Pioneer has the higher median home value ($143,000 vs $108,200 in West Unity).

Population, income & housing

	Pioneer	West Unity
Population	1,276	1,894
Median age	48.1 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,768	$62,045
Median home value	$143,000	$108,200
Median gross rent	$688	$829
Housing units	633	753
Homeownership rate	59.5%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pioneer	West Unity
Population	1,623 → 1,276 (-21.4%)	1,835 → 1,894 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $47,768 (-4.5%)	$45,000 → $62,045 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $143,000 (+52.5%)	$93,000 → $108,200 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $688 (-13.7%)	$631 → $829 (+31.4%)

Pioneer

Population

1,6231,276

Median household income

$50,000$47,768

Median home value

$93,800$143,000

Median gross rent

$797$688

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)

	Pioneer	West Unity
Under 5	4.1%	11.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	5.6%
75 and over	13.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pioneer	West Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	81.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pioneer	West Unity
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pioneer	West Unity
Drove alone	84.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pioneer	West Unity
1-unit, detached	66.8%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Pioneer	West Unity
Poverty rate	14.1%	20.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1957	1969