Brown County vs Holmes County

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

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

Holmes County has the higher population (44,312 vs 43,710 in Brown County). Holmes County has the higher median household income ($74,774 vs $69,990 in Brown County). Holmes County has the higher median home value ($251,800 vs $181,100 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Holmes County
Population	43,710	44,312
Median age	42.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,990	$74,774
Median home value	$181,100	$251,800
Median gross rent	$822	$773
Housing units	19,460	14,560
Homeownership rate	76.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Holmes County
Population	43,572 → 43,710 (+0.3%)	43,901 → 44,312 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,575 → $69,990 (+28.2%)	$63,753 → $74,774 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$132,400 → $181,100 (+36.8%)	$208,700 → $251,800 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $822 (+14.3%)	$643 → $773 (+20.2%)

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

Holmes County

Population

43,90144,312

Median household income

$63,753$74,774

Median home value

$208,700$251,800

Median gross rent

$643$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Holmes County
Under 5	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.3%
75 and over	7.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Holmes County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Holmes County
No high school diploma	12.2%	42.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Holmes County
Drove alone	80.3%	48.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	20.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	12.9%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Holmes County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Holmes County
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.52	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1982	1986