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Sandusky, OH

24,606 Population
9.6 square miles 2,553.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±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: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,788 ±$2,268 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: $43,625 ±$2,576
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,139 ±$4,452 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: $73,502 ±$1,914
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±3.6% (6,205  ±864) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 11.4% 12,813 (±1% / ±1,065)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±1.2 (201,295  ±17,790) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 22.7 1,142,015 (±0.9 / ±54,167)
  • 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

10,973 ±418 Number of households
  • the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 50,986 ±728
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (23,072  ±147) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 2.2 111,498 (±0 / ±142)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±3.1% (398  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 5.9% † 1,316 (±1.4% / ±315)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,137 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 67,445 ±86
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,100 ±$6,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: $207,500 ±$5,370
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±3.7% (3,949  ±908.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 9.8% † 11,127 (±1.1% / ±1,192.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±3.8% (14,719  ±861.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 93.6% 79,098 (±2.2% / ±1,846.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±2.7% (3,612  ±469.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 29.2% 24,680 (±1.3% / ±1,070.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.3% ±1.7% (806  ±415) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 1.7% 1,922
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.1% (1,025  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sandusky, OH Metro Area: 7.7% 7,137 (±0.5% / ±493)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,025 Total veterans ±208 951 Male ±202 74 Female ±48

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