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Defiance, OH

16,830 Population
12.8 square miles 1,316.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,890 ±$5,242 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: $35,076 ±$2,324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$63,118 ±$7,690 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: $73,615 ±$4,002
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

14.7% ±3.3% (2,383  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 10% † 3,731 (±1.6% / ±598)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

18.3 minutes ±1.6 (137,440  ±14,837) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 20.2 350,195 (±0.9 / ±20,879)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

7,255 ±328 Number of households
  • the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 15,376 ±223
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.2 ±0.1 (16,284  ±651) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 2.5 37,636 (±0 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

6.1% ±3.1% (232  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 7.5% † 617 (±1.9% / ±159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

7,924 ±315 Number of housing units
  • the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 16,570 ±31
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$134,600 ±$8,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: $150,900 ±$7,065
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

13.6% ±3.1% (2,258  ±515.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,821 (±1.9% / ±722)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

91.7% ±4.4% (10,923  ±719.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 92.3% 24,308 (±3.5% / ±939.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
22.8% ±3% (2,722  ±377.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 20.1% 5,297 (±1.7% / ±458.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

1.5% ±0.8% (254  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 1.6% 599
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

5.2% ±1.1% (705  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Defiance, OH Micro Area: 6.1% † 1,798 (±0.8% / ±242)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
705 Total veterans ±148 673 Male ±143 32 Female ±31

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