Adams County vs Van Wert County

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

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

Van Wert County has the higher population (28,824 vs 27,510 in Adams County). Van Wert County has the higher median household income ($65,344 vs $49,521 in Adams County). Adams County has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $137,300 in Van Wert County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Van Wert County
Population	27,510	28,824
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,521	$65,344
Median home value	$157,500	$137,300
Median gross rent	$700	$792
Housing units	12,737	12,574
Homeownership rate	71.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Van Wert County
Population	27,776 → 27,510 (-1.0%)	28,261 → 28,824 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$39,079 → $49,521 (+26.7%)	$54,254 → $65,344 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $157,500 (+49.6%)	$104,900 → $137,300 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $700 (+21.5%)	$712 → $792 (+11.2%)

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

Van Wert County

Population

28,26128,824

Median household income

$54,254$65,344

Median home value

$104,900$137,300

Median gross rent

$712$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Van Wert County
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.3%
75 and over	7.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Van Wert County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Van Wert County
No high school diploma	14.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	45.2%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Van Wert County
Drove alone	84.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Van Wert County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Van Wert County
Poverty rate	20.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	1982	1960