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Wooster, OH

27,012 Population
17.4 square miles 1,549.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 38.9 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,270 ±$2,072 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: $33,874 ±$969
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$65,888 ±$5,141 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: $71,769 ±$2,489
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

10% ±2.3% (2,366  ±549) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 8.7% 9,807 (±0.8% / ±918)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

17.4 minutes ±1.6 (211,560  ±23,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 20.6 1,035,960 (±0.7 / ±42,122)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

11,001 ±451 Number of households
  • the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 44,192 ±375
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.1 ±0.1 (23,546  ±484) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 2.5 112,312 (±0 / ±480)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

6% ±2.4% (415  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,707 (±1.2% / ±296)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

11,914 ±478 Number of housing units
  • the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 46,804 ±188
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$198,400 ±$10,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: $204,600 ±$4,108
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

19.2% ±3.1% (5,122  ±826.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 10.8% 12,415 (±1% / ±1,196.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

94.4% ±4.5% (16,893  ±1,007.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 86.3% 66,316 (±2.1% / ±1,614.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
34.4% ±3.1% (6,151  ±598.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 24.7% 18,990 (±1.2% / ±916.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

5.8% ±1.3% (1,565  ±348) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 2.6% 2,976
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

6% ±1.3% (1,348  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 6.3% 5,577 (±0.6% / ±484)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
1,348 Total veterans ±291 1,213 Male ±281 135 Female ±72

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