Cuyahoga County vs Summit County

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

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

Cuyahoga County has the higher population (1,249,418 vs 538,087 in Summit County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($71,016 vs $62,823 in Cuyahoga County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $183,200 in Cuyahoga County).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
Population	1,249,418	538,087
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,823	$71,016
Median home value	$183,200	$195,700
Median gross rent	$1,005	$998
Housing units	615,513	247,239
Homeownership rate	59.1%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
Population	1,247,451 → 1,249,418 (+0.2%)	541,334 → 538,087 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$50,366 → $62,823 (+24.7%)	$57,181 → $71,016 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $183,200 (+38.0%)	$146,800 → $195,700 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,005 (+24.2%)	$823 → $998 (+21.3%)

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

Summit County

Population

541,334538,087

Median household income

$57,181$71,016

Median home value

$146,800$195,700

Median gross rent

$823$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	74.2%
Black or African American	28.6%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
Drove alone	71.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.2%
Public transit	3.3%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	59.5%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	14.7%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cuyahoga County	Summit County
Poverty rate	16.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1957	1965