Belmont County vs Knox County

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

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

Belmont County has the higher population (65,982 vs 62,888 in Knox County). Knox County has the higher median household income ($73,988 vs $58,411 in Belmont County). Knox County has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $143,000 in Belmont County).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont County	Knox County
Population	65,982	62,888
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,411	$73,988
Median home value	$143,000	$218,300
Median gross rent	$769	$925
Housing units	31,599	26,038
Homeownership rate	74.0%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont County	Knox County
Population	68,024 → 65,982 (-3.0%)	61,481 → 62,888 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$50,904 → $58,411 (+14.7%)	$57,749 → $73,988 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $143,000 (+42.3%)	$155,500 → $218,300 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $769 (+22.3%)	$737 → $925 (+25.5%)

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

Knox County

Population

61,48162,888

Median household income

$57,749$73,988

Median home value

$155,500$218,300

Median gross rent

$737$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont County	Knox County
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont County	Knox County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont County	Knox County
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont County	Knox County
Drove alone	85.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont County	Knox County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Belmont County	Knox County
Poverty rate	14.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1964	1972