Yellow Springs is home to 3,711 people in Ohio. At a median age of 54.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 63% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. The foreign-born share is 2%. Median rent is $879 a month. Households here earn about 20% more than in Ohio as a whole.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $85,982, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 54.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
63% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Yellow Springs
What changed most since 1990
White share74.0% → 82.2%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age35.6 → 54.5(+18.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share21.9% → 7.2%(−14.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Yellow Springs's population equals 2.2% of Greene County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 1.1% 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)14.5%(24)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.5%(24)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.3%(42)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.6%(6)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 166 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
Yellow Springs, decade by decade
Yellow Springs 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
3,972
$78,002
$183,605
60.8%
50.6
2000
3,761
$94,697
$275,070
58.9%
50.4
2010
3,487
$80,560
$283,974
57.1%
49.4
2020
3,697
$75,886
$287,253
62.9%
49.6
2024
3,711
$85,982
$332,000
63.5%
39.1
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.
