Sycamore vs Upper Sandusky

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

Sycamore 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 633 in Sycamore). Upper Sandusky has the higher median household income ($72,379 vs $49,583 in Sycamore). Upper Sandusky has the higher median home value ($151,300 vs $111,100 in Sycamore).

Population, income & housing

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
Population	633	6,580
Median age	45.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$72,379
Median home value	$111,100	$151,300
Median gross rent	$854	$754
Housing units	370	3,161
Homeownership rate	67.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
Population	841 → 633 (-24.7%)	6,696 → 6,580 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $49,583 (+10.2%)	$46,774 → $72,379 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $111,100 (+40.8%)	$124,800 → $151,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $854 (+22.2%)	$619 → $754 (+21.8%)

Sycamore

Population

841633

Median household income

$45,000$49,583

Median home value

$78,900$111,100

Median gross rent

$699$854

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)

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
Under 5	2.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.7%
75 and over	10.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	50.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
Drove alone	89.9%	87.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
1-unit, detached	83.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Sycamore	Upper Sandusky
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1938	1970