Erie County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Erie County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie County has the higher population (74,938 vs 65,293 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($109,506 vs $68,431 in Erie County). Union County has the higher median home value ($306,600 vs $183,900 in Erie County).

Population, income & housing

	Erie County	Union County
Population	74,938	65,293
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,431	$109,506
Median home value	$183,900	$306,600
Median gross rent	$882	$1,188
Housing units	38,400	24,298
Homeownership rate	71.1%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie County	Union County
Population	74,780 → 74,938 (+0.2%)	56,707 → 65,293 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$54,226 → $68,431 (+26.2%)	$86,715 → $109,506 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $183,900 (+31.5%)	$203,800 → $306,600 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $882 (+16.7%)	$982 → $1,188 (+21.0%)

Erie County

Population

74,78074,938

Median household income

$54,226$68,431

Median home value

$139,900$183,900

Median gross rent

$756$882

Union County

Population

56,70765,293

Median household income

$86,715$109,506

Median home value

$203,800$306,600

Median gross rent

$982$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie County	Union County
Under 5	5.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.1%
75 and over	9.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	8.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie County	Union County
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie County	Union County
Drove alone	82.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	19.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie County	Union County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Erie County	Union County
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1966	1995