Cuyahoga County vs Franklin County

A side-by-side comparison of Cuyahoga County and Franklin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Franklin County has the higher population (1,321,635 vs 1,249,418 in Cuyahoga County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($73,795 vs $62,823 in Cuyahoga County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($265,700 vs $183,200 in Cuyahoga County).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
Population	1,249,418	1,321,635
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,823	$73,795
Median home value	$183,200	$265,700
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,233
Housing units	615,513	588,892
Homeownership rate	59.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
Population	1,247,451 → 1,249,418 (+0.2%)	1,290,360 → 1,321,635 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$50,366 → $62,823 (+24.7%)	$61,305 → $73,795 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $183,200 (+38.0%)	$175,100 → $265,700 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,005 (+24.2%)	$974 → $1,233 (+26.6%)

Cuyahoga County

Population

1,247,4511,249,418

Median household income

$50,366$62,823

Median home value

$132,800$183,200

Median gross rent

$809$1,005

Franklin County

Population

1,290,3601,321,635

Median household income

$61,305$73,795

Median home value

$175,100$265,700

Median gross rent

$974$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
Under 5	5.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.0%
75 and over	7.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	59.1%
Black or African American	28.6%	22.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
Drove alone	71.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.1%
Public transit	3.3%	1.7%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.6%	17.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	59.5%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	14.7%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cuyahoga County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	16.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1957	1979