Belmont County vs Erie County

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont County and Erie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie County has the higher population (74,938 vs 65,982 in Belmont County). Erie County has the higher median household income ($68,431 vs $58,411 in Belmont County). Erie County has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $143,000 in Belmont County).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont County	Erie County
Population	65,982	74,938
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,411	$68,431
Median home value	$143,000	$183,900
Median gross rent	$769	$882
Housing units	31,599	38,400
Homeownership rate	74.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont County	Erie County
Population	68,024 → 65,982 (-3.0%)	74,780 → 74,938 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$50,904 → $58,411 (+14.7%)	$54,226 → $68,431 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $143,000 (+42.3%)	$139,900 → $183,900 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $769 (+22.3%)	$756 → $882 (+16.7%)

Belmont County

Population

68,02465,982

Median household income

$50,904$58,411

Median home value

$100,500$143,000

Median gross rent

$629$769

Erie County

Population

74,78074,938

Median household income

$54,226$68,431

Median home value

$139,900$183,900

Median gross rent

$756$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont County	Erie County
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.3%
75 and over	8.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont County	Erie County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	80.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont County	Erie County
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	45.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont County	Erie County
Drove alone	85.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont County	Erie County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Belmont County	Erie County
Poverty rate	14.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1964	1966