Ashland County vs Auglaize County

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland County and Auglaize County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashland County has the higher population (52,296 vs 46,209 in Auglaize County). Auglaize County has the higher median household income ($76,454 vs $64,991 in Ashland County). Auglaize County has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $175,900 in Ashland County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
Population	52,296	46,209
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,991	$76,454
Median home value	$175,900	$182,000
Median gross rent	$841	$853
Housing units	22,517	20,034
Homeownership rate	78.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
Population	53,536 → 52,296 (-2.3%)	45,729 → 46,209 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,823 → $64,991 (+23.0%)	$64,074 → $76,454 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $175,900 (+37.0%)	$147,300 → $182,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $841 (+16.0%)	$729 → $853 (+17.0%)

Ashland County

Population

53,53652,296

Median household income

$52,823$64,991

Median home value

$128,400$175,900

Median gross rent

$725$841

Auglaize County

Population

45,72946,209

Median household income

$64,074$76,454

Median home value

$147,300$182,000

Median gross rent

$729$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
Under 5	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.3%
75 and over	8.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
Drove alone	80.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	3.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
1-unit, detached	81.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashland County	Auglaize County
Poverty rate	13.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1968	1971