Brown County vs Fulton County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Fulton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brown County has the higher population (43,710 vs 42,434 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($72,866 vs $69,990 in Brown County). Brown County has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $176,000 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Fulton County
Population	43,710	42,434
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,990	$72,866
Median home value	$181,100	$176,000
Median gross rent	$822	$832
Housing units	19,460	17,708
Homeownership rate	76.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Fulton County
Population	43,572 → 43,710 (+0.3%)	42,253 → 42,434 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$54,575 → $69,990 (+28.2%)	$63,092 → $72,866 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$132,400 → $181,100 (+36.8%)	$138,200 → $176,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $822 (+14.3%)	$729 → $832 (+14.1%)

Brown County

Population

43,57243,710

Median household income

$54,575$69,990

Median home value

$132,400$181,100

Median gross rent

$719$822

Fulton County

Population

42,25342,434

Median household income

$63,092$72,866

Median home value

$138,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$729$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Fulton County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.6%
75 and over	7.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Fulton County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Fulton County
No high school diploma	12.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	45.9%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Fulton County
Drove alone	80.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Fulton County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Fulton County
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1982	1970