Upper Sandusky vs Wharton

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

Upper Sandusky and Wharton 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 377 in Wharton). Upper Sandusky has the higher median household income ($72,379 vs $62,734 in Wharton). Upper Sandusky has the higher median home value ($151,300 vs $97,500 in Wharton).

Population, income & housing

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
Population	6,580	377
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,379	$62,734
Median home value	$151,300	$97,500
Median gross rent	$754	$728
Housing units	3,161	164
Homeownership rate	61.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
Population	6,696 → 6,580 (-1.7%)	354 → 377 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$46,774 → $72,379 (+54.7%)	$51,094 → $62,734 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $151,300 (+21.2%)	$68,100 → $97,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $754 (+21.8%)	$683 → $728 (+6.6%)

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

Wharton

Population

354377

Median household income

$51,094$62,734

Median home value

$68,100$97,500

Median gross rent

$683$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
Under 5	6.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.7%
75 and over	9.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.0%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
Drove alone	87.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	16.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
1-unit, detached	67.9%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Upper Sandusky	Wharton
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1970	1938