Northwood vs Walbridge

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

Northwood and Walbridge 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 3,027 in Walbridge). Northwood has the higher median household income ($76,332 vs $56,719 in Walbridge). Northwood has the higher median home value ($168,400 vs $126,900 in Walbridge).

Population, income & housing

	Northwood	Walbridge
Population	5,195	3,027
Median age	43.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,332	$56,719
Median home value	$168,400	$126,900
Median gross rent	$964	$906
Housing units	2,415	1,456
Homeownership rate	81.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwood	Walbridge
Population	5,384 → 5,195 (-3.5%)	3,123 → 3,027 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$62,171 → $76,332 (+22.8%)	$40,614 → $56,719 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$129,100 → $168,400 (+30.4%)	$96,200 → $126,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $964 (+28.5%)	$627 → $906 (+44.5%)

Northwood

Population

5,3845,195

Median household income

$62,171$76,332

Median home value

$129,100$168,400

Median gross rent

$750$964

Walbridge

Population

3,1233,027

Median household income

$40,614$56,719

Median home value

$96,200$126,900

Median gross rent

$627$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwood	Walbridge
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.9%
75 and over	6.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwood	Walbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwood	Walbridge
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwood	Walbridge
Drove alone	89.9%	92.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwood	Walbridge
1-unit, detached	82.7%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Northwood	Walbridge
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1974	1966