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Van Wert, OH

10,710 Population
7.5 square miles 1,422.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,477 ±$1,975 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: $33,106 ±$1,303
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$53,632 ±$2,216 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: $65,344 ±$2,933
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

15.1% ±3.3% (1,581  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 9.5% † 2,710 (±1.5% / ±427)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

15.1 minutes ±1.4 (71,780  ±9,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 19.5 259,000 (±1.1 / ±16,643)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

4,367 ±238 Number of households
  • the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 11,651 ±198
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.4 ±0.2 (10,440  ±511) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 2.5 28,497 (±0 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

7.4% ±3.1% (180  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 6.3% † 373 (±1.9% / ±115)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

4,769 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 12,574 ±41
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$109,700 ±$9,274 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: $137,300 ±$8,989
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

12% ±4% (1,265  ±422.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,358 (±1.9% / ±550.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

92.3% ±4.2% (6,693  ±480.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 93.6% 18,671 (±3.5% / ±706.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
16.7% ±2.5% (1,210  ±193.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 17% 3,392 (±1.6% / ±317.6)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

1.7% ±1% (178  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 0.9% 270
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

7.3% ±1.6% (587  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,462 (±1.1% / ±249)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
587 Total veterans ±136 573 Male ±135 14 Female ±15

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