Belmont County vs Union County

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

Belmont County and Union 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 65,293 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($109,506 vs $58,411 in Belmont County). Union County has the higher median home value ($306,600 vs $143,000 in Belmont County).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont County	Union County
Population	65,982	65,293
Median age	44.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,411	$109,506
Median home value	$143,000	$306,600
Median gross rent	$769	$1,188
Housing units	31,599	24,298
Homeownership rate	74.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont County	Union County
Population	68,024 → 65,982 (-3.0%)	56,707 → 65,293 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$50,904 → $58,411 (+14.7%)	$86,715 → $109,506 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $143,000 (+42.3%)	$203,800 → $306,600 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $769 (+22.3%)	$982 → $1,188 (+21.0%)

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

Union County

Population

56,70765,293

Median household income

$86,715$109,506

Median home value

$203,800$306,600

Median gross rent

$982$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont County	Union County
Under 5	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.1%
75 and over	8.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont County	Union County
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	45.9%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont County	Union County
Drove alone	85.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	19.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont County	Union County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Belmont County	Union County
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1964	1995