Adams County vs Hocking County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Hocking County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Hocking County are counties in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hocking County has the higher population (27,938 vs 27,510 in Adams County). Hocking County has the higher median household income ($61,366 vs $49,521 in Adams County). Hocking County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $157,500 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Hocking County
Population	27,510	27,938
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,521	$61,366
Median home value	$157,500	$172,300
Median gross rent	$700	$806
Housing units	12,737	13,014
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Hocking County
Population	27,776 → 27,510 (-1.0%)	28,390 → 27,938 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$39,079 → $49,521 (+26.7%)	$52,363 → $61,366 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $157,500 (+49.6%)	$132,800 → $172,300 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $700 (+21.5%)	$619 → $806 (+30.2%)

Adams County

Population

27,77627,510

Median household income

$39,079$49,521

Median home value

$105,300$157,500

Median gross rent

$576$700

Hocking County

Population

28,39027,938

Median household income

$52,363$61,366

Median home value

$132,800$172,300

Median gross rent

$619$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Hocking County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.7%
75 and over	7.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Hocking County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Hocking County
No high school diploma	14.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	45.2%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Hocking County
Drove alone	84.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Hocking County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Hocking County
Poverty rate	20.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1982	1982