† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupObetzOhioUnited States
German22.0%22.3%12.5%
Irish14.2%12.3%9.4%
English12.6%11.0%9.5%
Italian6.4%5.8%4.8%
American4.8%5.6%5.3%
Polish2.8%3.2%2.2%
Scottish2.4%1.5%1.3%
French1.6%1.2%1.6%
African American†13.8%10.5%9.9%
Somali1.6%0.2%—
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Ghanaian0.4%——
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Kenyan0.2%——
Mexican2.9%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.3%——
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Obetz
Ohio
United States
Median age
31.8
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.9%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Obetz
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$87,304
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.4%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.4%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Obetz
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.4%
8.0%
22.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.8%
0.3%
0.7%
Other languages
2.8%
0.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Obetz
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Obetz, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−21.1%
2008
−9.4%
2012
−0.9%
2016
−21.0%
2020
−20.1%
2024
−12.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.0%Harris1,238
55.1%Trump1,586
2.0%
R+12.1
D+8.0
R+10.6
2,881
R
38.8%Biden948
58.9%Trump1,439
2.4%
R+20.1
D+0.9
R+24.5
2,445
R
37.0%Clinton780
58.0%Trump1,223
5.0%
R+21.0
R+20.1
R+23.1
2,109
R
48.5%Obama909
49.4%Romney926
2.1%
R+0.9
D+8.5
R+4.8
1,875
R
44.3%Obama819
53.7%McCain992
1.9%
R+9.4
D+11.7
R+16.6
1,847
R
39.3%Kerry698
60.4%Bush1,072
0.3%
R+21.1
—
R+18.6
1,776
Obetz sits just southeast of Columbus amid heavy warehouse and manufacturing corridors, giving this village of roughly 7,300 a working-class demographic profile distinct from the suburban growth sweeping the rest of Franklin County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 21.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.1 points.
A population of 7,330, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,304 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shippensburg and Groveport.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Obetz, Ohio voted Republican by 12.1 points (R+12.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,881 votes cast, 1,238 went Democratic and 1,586 went Republican.
How many people live in Obetz, Ohio?
Obetz, Ohio has a population of 7,330 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Obetz, Ohio?
Median household income in Obetz, Ohio is $87,304 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Obetz, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Obetz, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
