South Zanesville is a city of 2,211 people in Ohio. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $73,400. That trails the Ohio median by roughly 46%. The foreign-born share is 0%. Households take in $38,824 at the median, 53% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $38,824, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
9% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 14%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about South Zanesville
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$84,482 → $73,400(−13%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants77.5% → 64.6%(−12.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree3.6% → 9.5%(+5.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
South Zanesville's population equals 2.6% of Muskingum County's. Its number of veterans equals 0.6% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.8%(13)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 29 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
South Zanesville, decade by decade
South Zanesville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,969
$51,921
$84,482
3.6%
4.9
2000
1,936
$58,825
$84,889
6.1%
6.0
2010
1,989
$43,876
$68,476
7.6%
14.2
2020
1,894
$41,558
$64,723
8.8%
19.0
2024
2,211
$38,824
$73,400
9.5%
23.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
