Elgin, OH

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Bernie Moreno

Republican Party

US Senator

Jon Husted

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

42.2

0.706% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

2.47%

34.2% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$90,972

3.04% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

Housing & Living

The median property value in Elgin, OH was $114,400 in 2024, which is 0.344 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $112,500 to $114,400, a 1.69% increase. The homeownership rate in Elgin, OH is 90%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Elgin, OH have an average commute time of 26 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Elgin, OH is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$114,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$5,171

$27

Median Property Taxes

±$43

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Elgin, OH the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Elgin, OH compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

90%

Homeownership

2024

66.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 90% of the housing units in Elgin, OH were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 90.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Elgin, OH compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$90,972

Median Household Income

± $5,694

Number of Households

± 52

In 2024, the median household income of the 30 households in Elgin, OH grew to $90,972 from the previous year's value of $88,289.

The following chart displays the households in Elgin, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Elgin, OH is from Ohio.

0.451

2024 Wage GINI in Ohio

0.453

2023 Wage GINI in Ohio

In 2024, the income inequality in Ohio was 0.451 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.564% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Ohio was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ohio in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Ohio across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (93.3%)
Other (4.44%)
Carpooled (2.22%)

In 2024, 93.3% of workers in Elgin, OH drove alone to work, followed by those who used some unspecified means to get work (4.44%) and those who carpooled to work (2.22%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

26 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Elgin, OH have a shorter commute time (26 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.22% of the workforce in Elgin, OH have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Elgin, OH compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Elgin, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Elgin, OH have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

2.47% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Elgin, OH (2 out of 81 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Males 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Elgin, OH is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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