What is the population of Upper Sandusky city?

Upper Sandusky city has 6,580 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #247 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Upper Sandusky city?

Median household income in Upper Sandusky city is $72,379 a year, 7.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $754 a month and the median home value is $151,300, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.

Is Upper Sandusky city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Upper Sandusky city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Upper Sandusky, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Upper Sandusky, Ohio (Upper Sandusky, OH — Census place “Upper Sandusky city”) is 6,580 residents, ranking #247 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $72,379, the median home is worth $151,300 and median gross rent runs $754 a month. Looking for the Upper Sandusky Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Upper Sandusky, OH: 43351.

Population: 6,580Upper Sandusky city residents
Median household income: $72,379Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $151,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $754Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.9%Owner-occupied households

Upper Sandusky ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Upper Sandusky.

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

43351

What the numbers mean in Upper Sandusky city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Upper Sandusky city median would spend about 12.5% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.8% of residents and 61.9% of households own their home.

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

Upper Sandusky city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Upper Sandusky city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 6,580 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #247 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 38.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Upper Sandusky city earn a median of $72,379 a year, 7.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Upper Sandusky city is valued at $151,300, 50.1% below the national figure and 10% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $754 a month, 46.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,048 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% 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 2.1×, 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. 61.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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What is the population of Upper Sandusky city?: Upper Sandusky city has 6,580 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #247 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Upper Sandusky city?: Median household income in Upper Sandusky city is $72,379 a year, 7.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Upper Sandusky city?: Median gross rent is $754 a month and the median home value is $151,300, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
Is Upper Sandusky city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Upper Sandusky city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Upper Sandusky 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.