Ashtabula County vs Tuscarawas County

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

Ashtabula County and Tuscarawas 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 92,585 in Tuscarawas County). Tuscarawas County has the higher median household income ($64,494 vs $55,507 in Ashtabula County). Tuscarawas County has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $149,600 in Ashtabula County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
Population	97,343	92,585
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,507	$64,494
Median home value	$149,600	$176,800
Median gross rent	$816	$876
Housing units	46,362	40,840
Homeownership rate	73.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
Population	97,830 → 97,343 (-0.5%)	92,335 → 92,585 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$46,700 → $55,507 (+18.9%)	$53,243 → $64,494 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $149,600 (+32.7%)	$132,100 → $176,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $816 (+17.2%)	$772 → $876 (+13.5%)

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

Tuscarawas County

Population

92,33592,585

Median household income

$53,243$64,494

Median home value

$132,100$176,800

Median gross rent

$772$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
No high school diploma	12.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	42.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
Drove alone	80.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.1%
Other means	3.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
1-unit, detached	77.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashtabula County	Tuscarawas County
Poverty rate	18.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1962	1970