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Sandusky, OH

24,748 Population
9.6 square miles 2,568.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 47.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,315 ±$1,895 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: $42,387 ±$2,663
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$47,827 ±$4,696 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: $70,687 ±$1,971
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

24.2% ±3.4% (5,909  ±831) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 11.1% † 12,531 (±1.1% / ±1,259)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

17.8 minutes ±1.6 (194,100  ±20,615) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 22.5 1,139,980 (±0.6 / ±38,118)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

10,892 ±452 Number of households
  • the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 50,213 ±747
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.2 ±0.1 (23,713  ±140) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 2.2 112,488 (±0 / ±124)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

6.9% ±3.4% (428  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 5.9% † 1,315 (±1.5% / ±340)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

13,277 ±413 Number of housing units
  • the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 67,162 ±106
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$104,800 ±$7,296 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: $189,400 ±$3,812
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

15% ±3% (3,658  ±736.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 9.2% † 10,457 (±1.1% / ±1,205.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

87.7% ±4.7% (14,810  ±862.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 93% 78,932 (±2.2% / ±1,870.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
20.6% ±2.7% (3,470  ±460.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 28.2% 23,878 (±1.3% / ±1,076)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

1.5% ±0.7% (359  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 1.2% 1,398
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

5.3% ±1% (1,008  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 7.8% 7,228 (±0.7% / ±605)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
1,008 Total veterans ±200 905 Male ±186 103 Female ±53

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