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Bluffton, OH

3,859 Population
3.7 square miles 1,044.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,411 ±$4,165 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lima, OH Metro Area: $34,331 ±$997
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,694 ±$13,294 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lima, OH Metro Area: $64,038 ±$1,778
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±2.1% (110  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 13.3% 13,051 (±1.2% / ±1,144)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±2.7 (25,525  ±5,893) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 18.7 799,985 (±0.5 / ±27,568)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,450 ±157 Number of households
  • the Lima, OH Metro Area: 41,295 ±415
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,424  ±320) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 2.4 98,233 (±0 / ±110)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±4.2% (39  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 5.8% † 1,246 (±1.2% / ±260)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,559 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the Lima, OH Metro Area: 44,791 ±99
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,400 ±$21,877 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lima, OH Metro Area: $165,300 ±$3,928
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±4% (407  ±156.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 12% 12,012 (±1.2% / ±1,165.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±8.7% (2,294  ±296.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 92.6% 63,216 (±2.3% / ±1,552.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.7% ±7.3% (1,026  ±197.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 20.1% 13,732 (±1.1% / ±727)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±3.1% (206  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 2.4% 2,394
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.7% (205  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lima, OH Metro Area: 7.2% 5,577 (±0.6% / ±488)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
205 Total veterans ±83 189 Male ±73 16 Female ±24

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