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Van Wert, OH

10,790 Population
7.5 square miles 1,432.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 41.6 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,872 ±$2,114 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: $34,583 ±$1,152
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,113 ±$2,831 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: $67,917 ±$3,470
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±3.1% (1,499  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 9% † 2,560 (±1.4% / ±405)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.9 minutes ±1.5 (80,750  ±9,808) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 19.7 264,740 (±1.2 / ±18,316)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,507 ±241 Number of households
  • the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 11,549 ±204
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (10,521  ±515) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 2.5 28,504 (±0 / ±13)
  • 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

7.9% ±3.9% (185  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 6.1% † 364 (±2% / ±116)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,949 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 12,573 ±34
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,900 ±$11,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: $152,000 ±$6,904
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±2.5% (1,046  ±267.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,834 (±1.1% / ±316)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±4.4% (6,835  ±475) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 94.1% 18,888 (±3.6% / ±736.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±2.7% (1,181  ±208.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 17.1% 3,430 (±1.7% / ±341.7)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about half 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

2.1% ±1.2% (228  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 1.3% 375
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1.6% (614  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Van Wert, OH Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,434 (±0.9% / ±206)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
614 Total veterans ±136 606 Male ±134 8 Female ±11

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