Carey vs Sycamore

A side-by-side comparison of Carey and Sycamore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carey has the higher population (3,544 vs 633 in Sycamore). Carey has the higher median household income ($68,056 vs $49,583 in Sycamore). Carey has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $111,100 in Sycamore).

Population, income & housing

	Carey	Sycamore
Population	3,544	633
Median age	37.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,056	$49,583
Median home value	$123,300	$111,100
Median gross rent	$795	$854
Housing units	1,593	370
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carey	Sycamore
Population	3,507 → 3,544 (+1.1%)	841 → 633 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$48,264 → $68,056 (+41.0%)	$45,000 → $49,583 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $123,300 (+24.7%)	$78,900 → $111,100 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $795 (+34.3%)	$699 → $854 (+22.2%)

Carey

Population

3,5073,544

Median household income

$48,264$68,056

Median home value

$98,900$123,300

Median gross rent

$592$795

Sycamore

Population

841633

Median household income

$45,000$49,583

Median home value

$78,900$111,100

Median gross rent

$699$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carey	Sycamore
Under 5	4.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.4%
75 and over	5.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carey	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carey	Sycamore
No high school diploma	4.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	49.7%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carey	Sycamore
Drove alone	88.5%	89.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carey	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	70.4%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Carey	Sycamore
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1953	1938