Northwood vs Pemberville

A side-by-side comparison of Northwood and Pemberville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwood has the higher population (5,195 vs 1,374 in Pemberville). Pemberville has the higher median household income ($84,375 vs $76,332 in Northwood). Pemberville has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $168,400 in Northwood).

Population, income & housing

	Northwood	Pemberville
Population	5,195	1,374
Median age	43.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,332	$84,375
Median home value	$168,400	$181,400
Median gross rent	$964	$1,117
Housing units	2,415	633
Homeownership rate	81.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwood	Pemberville
Population	5,384 → 5,195 (-3.5%)	1,501 → 1,374 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$62,171 → $76,332 (+22.8%)	$73,438 → $84,375 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$129,100 → $168,400 (+30.4%)	$141,100 → $181,400 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $964 (+28.5%)	$800 → $1,117 (+39.6%)

Northwood

Population

5,3845,195

Median household income

$62,171$76,332

Median home value

$129,100$168,400

Median gross rent

$750$964

Pemberville

Population

1,5011,374

Median household income

$73,438$84,375

Median home value

$141,100$181,400

Median gross rent

$800$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwood	Pemberville
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	7.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.5%
75 and over	6.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwood	Pemberville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwood	Pemberville
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwood	Pemberville
Drove alone	89.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	13.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwood	Pemberville
1-unit, detached	82.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Northwood	Pemberville
Poverty rate	13.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1974	1938