What is the population of Niles city?

Niles city has 18,301 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #101 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Niles city?

Median household income in Niles city is $49,987 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Niles city?

Median gross rent is $787 a month and the median home value is $108,400, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.

Is Niles city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Niles city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Niles, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Niles, Ohio (Niles, OH — Census place “Niles city”) is 18,301 residents, ranking #101 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $49,987, the median home is worth $108,400 and median gross rent runs $787 a month. Looking for the Niles Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Niles, OH: 44446.

Population: 18,301Niles city residents
Median household income: $49,987Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $108,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $787Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.9%Owner-occupied households

Niles ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Niles.

The Niles OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

44446

What the numbers mean in Niles city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Niles city median would spend about 18.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13% of residents and 55.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Niles city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Niles city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 18,301 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #101 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 42.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Niles city earn a median of $49,987 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Niles city is valued at $108,400, 64.3% below the national figure and 36% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $787 a month, 44% below the national figure, or roughly $9,444 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 55.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Niles city?: Niles city has 18,301 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #101 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Niles city?: Median household income in Niles city is $49,987 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Niles city?: Median gross rent is $787 a month and the median home value is $108,400, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
Is Niles city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Niles city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Niles city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.