Ashtabula County vs Muskingum County

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

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

Ashtabula County has the higher population (97,343 vs 86,382 in Muskingum County). Muskingum County has the higher median household income ($59,203 vs $55,507 in Ashtabula County). Muskingum County has the higher median home value ($170,100 vs $149,600 in Ashtabula County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
Population	97,343	86,382
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,507	$59,203
Median home value	$149,600	$170,100
Median gross rent	$816	$811
Housing units	46,362	38,343
Homeownership rate	73.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
Population	97,830 → 97,343 (-0.5%)	86,131 → 86,382 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$46,700 → $55,507 (+18.9%)	$47,254 → $59,203 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $149,600 (+32.7%)	$120,200 → $170,100 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $816 (+17.2%)	$703 → $811 (+15.4%)

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

Muskingum County

Population

86,13186,382

Median household income

$47,254$59,203

Median home value

$120,200$170,100

Median gross rent

$703$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
No high school diploma	12.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	42.2%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
Drove alone	80.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.3%
Other means	3.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
1-unit, detached	77.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashtabula County	Muskingum County
Poverty rate	18.3%	15.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1962	1972