Columbiana County vs Geauga County

A side-by-side comparison of Columbiana County and Geauga County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbiana County has the higher population (101,203 vs 95,479 in Geauga County). Geauga County has the higher median household income ($100,783 vs $58,474 in Columbiana County). Geauga County has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $139,100 in Columbiana County).

Population, income & housing

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
Population	101,203	95,479
Median age	44.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,474	$100,783
Median home value	$139,100	$305,100
Median gross rent	$736	$1,018
Housing units	46,133	37,617
Homeownership rate	73.1%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
Population	103,190 → 101,203 (-1.9%)	93,843 → 95,479 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$48,345 → $58,474 (+21.0%)	$82,303 → $100,783 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $139,100 (+27.1%)	$240,900 → $305,100 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $736 (+11.0%)	$818 → $1,018 (+24.4%)

Columbiana County

Population

103,190101,203

Median household income

$48,345$58,474

Median home value

$109,400$139,100

Median gross rent

$663$736

Geauga County

Population

93,84395,479

Median household income

$82,303$100,783

Median home value

$240,900$305,100

Median gross rent

$818$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	44.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
Drove alone	81.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Columbiana County	Geauga County
Poverty rate	13.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1964	1977