Belmont County vs Ross County

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

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

Ross County has the higher population (76,748 vs 65,982 in Belmont County). Ross County has the higher median household income ($59,819 vs $58,411 in Belmont County). Ross County has the higher median home value ($158,500 vs $143,000 in Belmont County).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont County	Ross County
Population	65,982	76,748
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,411	$59,819
Median home value	$143,000	$158,500
Median gross rent	$769	$858
Housing units	31,599	32,042
Homeownership rate	74.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont County	Ross County
Population	68,024 → 65,982 (-3.0%)	76,948 → 76,748 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$50,904 → $58,411 (+14.7%)	$51,092 → $59,819 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $143,000 (+42.3%)	$123,800 → $158,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $769 (+22.3%)	$741 → $858 (+15.8%)

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

Ross County

Population

76,94876,748

Median household income

$51,092$59,819

Median home value

$123,800$158,500

Median gross rent

$741$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont County	Ross County
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont County	Ross County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	88.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont County	Ross County
No high school diploma	8.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	45.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont County	Ross County
Drove alone	85.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont County	Ross County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Belmont County	Ross County
Poverty rate	14.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1964	1973