What is the population of Van Wert city?

Van Wert city has 10,710 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #176 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Van Wert city?

Median household income in Van Wert city is $53,632 a year, 31.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $739 a month and the median home value is $109,700, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

Is Van Wert city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Van Wert city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Van Wert, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Van Wert, Ohio (Van Wert, OH — Census place “Van Wert city”) is 10,710 residents, ranking #176 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $53,632, the median home is worth $109,700 and median gross rent runs $739 a month. Looking for the Van Wert Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Van Wert, OH: 45891.

Population: 10,710Van Wert city residents
Median household income: $53,632Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $109,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $739Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.6%Owner-occupied households

Van Wert ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Van Wert.

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

45891

What the numbers mean in Van Wert city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Van Wert city median would spend about 16.5% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.1% of residents and 67.6% of households own their home.

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

Van Wert city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Van Wert city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 10,710 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #176 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 40.5 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 Van Wert city earn a median of $53,632 a year, 31.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Van Wert city is valued at $109,700, 63.8% below the national figure and 35% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $739 a month, 47.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,868 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% 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×, 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. 67.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Van Wert city?: Van Wert city has 10,710 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #176 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Van Wert city?: Median household income in Van Wert city is $53,632 a year, 31.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Van Wert city?: Median gross rent is $739 a month and the median home value is $109,700, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Van Wert city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Van Wert city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Van Wert 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.