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Nelsonville, OH

4,279 Population
4.7 square miles 914.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 33.2 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,059 ±$3,377 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Athens, OH Micro Area: $30,645 ±$1,648
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,750 ±$16,007 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, OH Micro Area: $56,001 ±$2,207
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±5.2% (602  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 21.5% 11,643 (±1.9% / ±1,023)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.9 minutes ±4.7 (41,085  ±9,827) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 24.1 † 576,365 (±2.8 / ±72,783)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,507 ±216 Number of households
  • the Athens, OH Micro Area: 23,014 ±428
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (3,665  ±441) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 2.4 54,126 (±0.1 / ±325)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±7.1% (92  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 2.8% † 500 (±0.8% / ±146)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,946 ±241 Number of housing units
  • the Athens, OH Micro Area: 26,471 ±141
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,200 ±$16,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Athens, OH Micro Area: $185,000 ±$10,740
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

32% ±10.2% (1,325  ±446.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 25.8% 15,776 (±2% / ±1,241.9)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86% ±5.6% (2,250  ±305.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 91.7% 33,393 (±3.5% / ±1,285)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.7% ±4.3% (331  ±119.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 34.9% 12,711 (±2.3% / ±853.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about one-third of 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

0.2% ±0.3% (9  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 3.7% 2,299
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.3% (180  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 5.9% † 3,075 (±0.9% / ±476)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
180 Total veterans ±80 180 Male ±80 N/A Female ±13

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