Champaign County vs Ottawa County

A side-by-side comparison of Champaign County and Ottawa County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ottawa County has the higher population (40,161 vs 38,772 in Champaign County). Ottawa County has the higher median household income ($75,728 vs $74,239 in Champaign County). Ottawa County has the higher median home value ($200,700 vs $186,300 in Champaign County).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
Population	38,772	40,161
Median age	41.6 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,239	$75,728
Median home value	$186,300	$200,700
Median gross rent	$884	$909
Housing units	16,904	28,762
Homeownership rate	76.7%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
Population	38,845 → 38,772 (-0.2%)	40,632 → 40,161 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$60,112 → $74,239 (+23.5%)	$59,099 → $75,728 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $186,300 (+40.3%)	$152,000 → $200,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $884 (+27.0%)	$724 → $909 (+25.6%)

Champaign County

Population

38,84538,772

Median household income

$60,112$74,239

Median home value

$132,800$186,300

Median gross rent

$696$884

Ottawa County

Population

40,63240,161

Median household income

$59,099$75,728

Median home value

$152,000$200,700

Median gross rent

$724$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
Under 5	5.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.9%
75 and over	7.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
Drove alone	78.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
1-unit, detached	80.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Champaign County	Ottawa County
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1968	1974