Defiance County vs Guernsey County

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance County and Guernsey County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guernsey County has the higher population (38,283 vs 38,258 in Defiance County). Defiance County has the higher median household income ($73,615 vs $55,756 in Guernsey County). Guernsey County has the higher median home value ($154,100 vs $150,900 in Defiance County).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
Population	38,258	38,283
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,615	$55,756
Median home value	$150,900	$154,100
Median gross rent	$826	$803
Housing units	16,570	19,024
Homeownership rate	78.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
Population	38,160 → 38,258 (+0.3%)	39,111 → 38,283 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$59,931 → $73,615 (+22.8%)	$45,917 → $55,756 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $150,900 (+25.9%)	$114,700 → $154,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $826 (+10.6%)	$669 → $803 (+20.0%)

Defiance County

Population

38,16038,258

Median household income

$59,931$73,615

Median home value

$119,900$150,900

Median gross rent

$747$826

Guernsey County

Population

39,11138,283

Median household income

$45,917$55,756

Median home value

$114,700$154,100

Median gross rent

$669$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.2%
75 and over	7.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
No high school diploma	7.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
Drove alone	84.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
1-unit, detached	81.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Defiance County	Guernsey County
Poverty rate	10.0%	15.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1967	1972