Ashtabula County vs Columbiana County

A side-by-side comparison of Ashtabula County and Columbiana County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbiana County has the higher population (101,203 vs 97,343 in Ashtabula County). Columbiana County has the higher median household income ($58,474 vs $55,507 in Ashtabula County). Ashtabula County has the higher median home value ($149,600 vs $139,100 in Columbiana County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
Population	97,343	101,203
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,507	$58,474
Median home value	$149,600	$139,100
Median gross rent	$816	$736
Housing units	46,362	46,133
Homeownership rate	73.9%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
Population	97,830 → 97,343 (-0.5%)	103,190 → 101,203 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$46,700 → $55,507 (+18.9%)	$48,345 → $58,474 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $149,600 (+32.7%)	$109,400 → $139,100 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $816 (+17.2%)	$663 → $736 (+11.0%)

Ashtabula County

Population

97,83097,343

Median household income

$46,700$55,507

Median home value

$112,700$149,600

Median gross rent

$696$816

Columbiana County

Population

103,190101,203

Median household income

$48,345$58,474

Median home value

$109,400$139,100

Median gross rent

$663$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.8%
75 and over	7.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
No high school diploma	12.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	42.2%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
Drove alone	80.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
1-unit, detached	77.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashtabula County	Columbiana County
Poverty rate	18.3%	13.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1962	1964