Clark County vs Wayne County

A side-by-side comparison of Clark County and Wayne County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clark County has the higher population (135,445 vs 116,618 in Wayne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($71,769 vs $60,846 in Clark County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $155,900 in Clark County).

Population, income & housing

	Clark County	Wayne County
Population	135,445	116,618
Median age	41.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,846	$71,769
Median home value	$155,900	$204,600
Median gross rent	$840	$849
Housing units	61,092	46,804
Homeownership rate	69.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark County	Wayne County
Population	134,726 → 135,445 (+0.5%)	116,099 → 116,618 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$50,873 → $60,846 (+19.6%)	$58,300 → $71,769 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $155,900 (+35.0%)	$148,900 → $204,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $840 (+12.1%)	$735 → $849 (+15.5%)

Clark County

Population

134,726135,445

Median household income

$50,873$60,846

Median home value

$115,500$155,900

Median gross rent

$749$840

Wayne County

Population

116,099116,618

Median household income

$58,300$71,769

Median home value

$148,900$204,600

Median gross rent

$735$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.0%
75 and over	8.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark County	Wayne County
Drove alone	79.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	73.8%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Clark County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1963	1975