Allen County vs Geauga County

A side-by-side comparison of Allen County and Geauga County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allen County has the higher population (101,685 vs 95,479 in Geauga County). Geauga County has the higher median household income ($100,783 vs $62,001 in Allen County). Geauga County has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $158,400 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Geauga County
Population	101,685	95,479
Median age	39.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,001	$100,783
Median home value	$158,400	$305,100
Median gross rent	$898	$1,018
Housing units	44,697	37,617
Homeownership rate	68.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Geauga County
Population	103,175 → 101,685 (-1.4%)	93,843 → 95,479 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$53,131 → $62,001 (+16.7%)	$82,303 → $100,783 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $158,400 (+34.1%)	$240,900 → $305,100 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $898 (+27.7%)	$818 → $1,018 (+24.4%)

Allen County

Population

103,175101,685

Median household income

$53,131$62,001

Median home value

$118,100$158,400

Median gross rent

$703$898

Geauga County

Population

93,84395,479

Median household income

$82,303$100,783

Median home value

$240,900$305,100

Median gross rent

$818$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Geauga County
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.5%
75 and over	7.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Geauga County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Geauga County
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Geauga County
Drove alone	83.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.6%	14.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Geauga County
1-unit, detached	77.2%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Geauga County
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1965	1977