Demographics of Defiance city, Ohio

Defiance city, Ohio had 17,009 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −48 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Defiance city, in four figures

17,009
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 17,276 ±664.; −0.3%
Change since July 2020: −48 people.; 41.8 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,439 ±$6,347
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Defiance city, Ohio's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Defiance city, Ohio's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Defiance city, Ohio's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Defiance city, Ohio's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	17,057	100.0	100.0
2021	16,989	99.6	100.2
2022	16,966	99.5	100.7
2023	17,002	99.7	101.6
2024	17,033	99.9	102.5
2025	17,009	99.7	103.1

Population of Defiance city, Ohio on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	17,057	—
2021	16,989	−68
2022	16,966	−23
2023	17,002	+36
2024	17,033	+31
2025	17,009	−24

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.8 ±1.8: for men 39.5 ±2.9 and for women 44.1 ±2.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Defiance city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Under 5	904 ±160	5.2% ±0.9	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,497 ±349	14.5% ±1.9	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,643 ±335	9.5% ±1.9	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,471 ±435	25.9% ±2.3	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,018 ±387	23.3% ±2.1	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,743 ±385	21.7% ±2.1	18.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,439 ±$6,347, and income per person $35,146 ±$4,939, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,389 ±$321 in Ohio and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Defiance city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Ohio	United States
Under $25,000	1,218 ±272	16.4% ±3.6	16.3% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,838 ±334	24.8% ±4.3	19.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,150 ±238	15.5% ±3.1	16.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,062 ±202	14.3% ±2.6	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,355 ±297	18.3% ±3.9	17.1% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	464 ±143	6.3% ±1.9	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	325 ±127	4.4% ±1.7	9.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Defiance city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Ohio	United States
All ages	2,471 ±602	14.7% ±3.5	13.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	448 ±210	13.2% ±6.0	17.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,490 ±392	17.3% ±4.3	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	533 ±189	11.2% ±3.9	10.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Defiance city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Defiance city	Ohio	United States
Housing units	8,164 ±354	5,292,391 ±464	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.8% ±1.9	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.2% ±2.4	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	69.1% ±4.0	67.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	30.9% ±3.5	32.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$139,900 ±$11,548	$214,800 ±$742	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$853 ±$53	$1,034 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1965 ±3	1970 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Defiance city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,987 ±337	17.3% ±1.8	4.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	13,269 ±713	76.8% ±2.9	75.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	466 ±130	2.7% ±0.7	12.0% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 78	0% to 0.5%	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2 to 42	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 76	0% to 0.4%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 41	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	454 ±160	2.6% ±0.9	4.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Defiance city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Born in the state	13,194 ±689	76.4% ±2.7	74.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,758 ±441	21.8% ±2.4	19.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	48 to 204	0.3% to 1.2%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	56 to 340	0.3% to 2.0%	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	21 to 125	0.1% to 0.7%	2.8% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	9 to 241	0.1% to 1.4%	2.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Defiance city among the places of Ohio

112th of 292 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Ohio page.

Places of Ohio near Defiance city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
North Canton city	17,727 ±29
Streetsboro city	17,661 ±38
Aurora city	17,581 ±23
New Philadelphia city	17,520 ±44
Eastlake city	17,493 ±41
Defiance city	17,276 ±664
Norwalk city	17,095 ±26
Mount Vernon city	17,052 ±36
Fairview Park city	17,018 ±46
Bay Village city	15,984 ±53
Fremont city	15,835 ±40

Rankings this appears in

No. 4 Places in Ohio by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 27 Places in Ohio by median age
No. 34 Places in Ohio by poverty rate
No. 79 Places in Ohio by homeownership rate
No. 97 Places in Ohio by per capita income
No. 125 Places in Ohio by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026