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Wooster, OH

26,971 Population
17.5 square miles 1,545.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 38.9 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,774 ±$1,940 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: $35,229 ±$944
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,898 ±$3,954 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: $73,574 ±$2,496
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±2% (2,151  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 9.4% † 10,559 (±1.2% / ±1,356)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±1.4 (199,985  ±18,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 20.6 1,003,340 (±0.5 / ±34,217)
  • 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

11,108 ±503 Number of households
  • the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 44,365 ±435
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (23,479  ±487) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 2.5 112,275 (±0 / ±481)
  • 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

6.1% ±2.3% (419  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,813 (±1.2% / ±308)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,114 ±470 Number of housing units
  • the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 46,954 ±207
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,200 ±$10,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: $222,100 ±$4,236
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.4% ±2.7% (4,107  ±712.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 9.8% 11,278 (±0.9% / ±1,022.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±4.4% (16,957  ±944.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 86.7% 66,821 (±2% / ±1,528.2)
  • a little higher than 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)
36.9% ±3% (6,651  ±581.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 25.1% 19,342 (±1.2% / ±926.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • a little higher than 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

6.2% ±1.4% (1,678  ±378) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 2.7% 3,098
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.2% (1,263  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wooster, OH Micro Area: 6.1% 5,379 (±0.6% / ±520)
  • about 90 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)
1,263 Total veterans ±260 1,168 Male ±250 95 Female ±54

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