Demographics of Wooster city, Ohio

Wooster city, Ohio had 27,115 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −128 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Wooster city, in four figures

27,115
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 26,971 ±45.; −0.5%
Change since July 2020: −128 people.; 40.1 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $66,898 ±$3,954
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.

Wooster city, Ohio's population shrank 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Wooster 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

Wooster city, Ohio's population shrank 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Wooster 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	27,243	100.0	100.0
2021	26,575	97.5	100.2
2022	27,071	99.4	100.7
2023	27,069	99.4	101.6
2024	26,997	99.1	102.5
2025	27,115	99.5	103.1

Population of Wooster city, Ohio on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	27,243	—
2021	26,575	−668
2022	27,071	+496
2023	27,069	−2
2024	26,997	−72
2025	27,115	+118

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.1 ±1.8: for men 38.5 ±4.0 and for women 40.8 ±3.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Wooster city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Under 5	1,230 ±224	4.6% ±0.8	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,409 ±469	12.6% ±1.7	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,328 ±841	16.0% ±3.1	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,157 ±538	22.8% ±2.0	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,202 ±566	23.0% ±2.1	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,645 ±565	20.9% ±2.1	18.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $66,898 ±$3,954, and income per person $34,774 ±$1,940, 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 Wooster city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Ohio	United States
Under $25,000	1,929 ±378	17.4% ±3.3	16.3% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,098 ±362	18.9% ±3.1	19.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,079 ±379	18.7% ±3.3	16.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,687 ±311	15.2% ±2.7	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,089 ±362	18.8% ±3.1	17.1% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	629 ±171	5.7% ±1.5	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	597 ±184	5.4% ±1.6	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 Wooster city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Ohio	United States
All ages	2,151 ±480	9.2% ±2.0	13.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	141 to 493	3.2% to 10.9%	17.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,011 ±261	8.6% ±2.2	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	823 ±236	11.4% ±3.1	10.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<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%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Wooster city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Wooster city	Ohio	United States
Housing units	12,114 ±470	5,292,391 ±464	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	91.7% ±2.1	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	8.3% ±2.4	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.2% ±2.9	67.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.8% ±3.7	32.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$214,200 ±$10,748	$214,800 ±$742	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$918 ±$52	$1,034 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1972 ±2	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 Wooster city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Hispanic or Latino	930 ±318	3.4% ±1.2	4.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	23,478 ±531	87.0% ±2.0	75.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	593 ±159	2.2% ±0.6	12.0% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	602 ±224	2.2% ±0.8	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	40 to 292	0.1% to 1.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,202 ±313	4.5% ±1.2	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 Wooster city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Born in the state	19,123 ±650	70.9% ±2.4	74.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,963 ±620	22.1% ±2.3	19.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	76 to 338	0.3% to 1.3%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,678 ±378	6.2% ±1.4	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	652 ±159	2.4% ±0.6	2.8% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,026 ±343	3.8% ±1.3	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%.

Wooster city among the places of Ohio

56th 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 Wooster city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Garfield Heights city	29,269 ±32
Shaker Heights city	28,922 ±32
Marysville city	27,518 ±373
Green city	27,393 ±36
Kent city	27,116 ±59
Wooster city	26,971 ±45
Troy city	26,842 ±274
Medina city	25,950 ±37
Avon Lake city	25,752 ±33
Xenia city	25,689 ±50
Avon city	25,317 ±37

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Wooster city, Ohio

Rankings this appears in

No. 32 Places in Ohio by foreign-born share
No. 45 Places in Ohio by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 47 Places in Ohio by median age
No. 90 Places in Ohio by poverty rate
No. 95 Places in Ohio by median home value
No. 109 Places in Ohio by homeownership rate

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