Carey vs Upper Sandusky

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

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

Upper Sandusky has the higher population (6,580 vs 3,544 in Carey). Upper Sandusky has the higher median household income ($72,379 vs $68,056 in Carey). Upper Sandusky has the higher median home value ($151,300 vs $123,300 in Carey).

Population, income & housing

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
Population	3,544	6,580
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,056	$72,379
Median home value	$123,300	$151,300
Median gross rent	$795	$754
Housing units	1,593	3,161
Homeownership rate	63.6%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
Population	3,507 → 3,544 (+1.1%)	6,696 → 6,580 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$48,264 → $68,056 (+41.0%)	$46,774 → $72,379 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $123,300 (+24.7%)	$124,800 → $151,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $795 (+34.3%)	$619 → $754 (+21.8%)

Carey

Population

3,5073,544

Median household income

$48,264$68,056

Median home value

$98,900$123,300

Median gross rent

$592$795

Upper Sandusky

Population

6,6966,580

Median household income

$46,774$72,379

Median home value

$124,800$151,300

Median gross rent

$619$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
Under 5	4.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.7%
75 and over	5.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	49.7%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
Drove alone	88.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
1-unit, detached	70.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Carey	Upper Sandusky
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1953	1970