Belmont County vs Hancock County

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

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

Hancock County has the higher population (74,885 vs 65,982 in Belmont County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($69,699 vs $58,411 in Belmont County). Hancock County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $143,000 in Belmont County).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont County	Hancock County
Population	65,982	74,885
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,411	$69,699
Median home value	$143,000	$196,500
Median gross rent	$769	$926
Housing units	31,599	33,871
Homeownership rate	74.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont County	Hancock County
Population	68,024 → 65,982 (-3.0%)	75,837 → 74,885 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$50,904 → $58,411 (+14.7%)	$58,450 → $69,699 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $143,000 (+42.3%)	$147,600 → $196,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $769 (+22.3%)	$768 → $926 (+20.6%)

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

Hancock County

Population

75,83774,885

Median household income

$58,450$69,699

Median home value

$147,600$196,500

Median gross rent

$768$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont County	Hancock County
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	87.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	45.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont County	Hancock County
Drove alone	85.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Belmont County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1964	1972