What is the population of Wellston city?

Wellston city has 5,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #279 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Wellston city?

Median household income in Wellston city is $55,159 a year, 29.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $749 a month and the median home value is $107,900, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wellston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wellston, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wellston, Ohio (Wellston, OH — Census place “Wellston city”) is 5,426 residents, ranking #279 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $55,159, the median home is worth $107,900 and median gross rent runs $749 a month. Looking for the Wellston Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wellston, OH: 45692.

Population: 5,426Wellston city residents
Median household income: $55,159Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $107,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $749Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.4%Owner-occupied households

Wellston ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wellston.

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

45692

What the numbers mean in Wellston city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wellston city median would spend about 16.3% 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 23.1% of residents and 68.4% of households own their home.

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

Wellston city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wellston city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 5,426 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #279 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 40.7 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 Wellston city earn a median of $55,159 a year, 29.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below 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 23.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wellston city is valued at $107,900, 64.4% below the national figure and 36% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $749 a month, 46.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,988 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.3% 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. 68.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Wellston city?: Wellston city has 5,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #279 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Wellston city?: Median household income in Wellston city is $55,159 a year, 29.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wellston city?: Median gross rent is $749 a month and the median home value is $107,900, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.
Is Wellston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wellston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wellston 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.