Fayette County vs Hocking County

A side-by-side comparison of Fayette County and Hocking County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayette County has the higher population (28,880 vs 27,938 in Hocking County). Hocking County has the higher median household income ($61,366 vs $60,047 in Fayette County). Hocking County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $162,200 in Fayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette County	Hocking County
Population	28,880	27,938
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,047	$61,366
Median home value	$162,200	$172,300
Median gross rent	$807	$806
Housing units	12,694	13,014
Homeownership rate	63.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette County	Hocking County
Population	28,620 → 28,880 (+0.9%)	28,390 → 27,938 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$47,308 → $60,047 (+26.9%)	$52,363 → $61,366 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $162,200 (+42.9%)	$132,800 → $172,300 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $807 (+12.4%)	$619 → $806 (+30.2%)

Fayette County

Population

28,62028,880

Median household income

$47,308$60,047

Median home value

$113,500$162,200

Median gross rent

$718$807

Hocking County

Population

28,39027,938

Median household income

$52,363$61,366

Median home value

$132,800$172,300

Median gross rent

$619$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette County	Hocking County
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.7%
75 and over	6.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette County	Hocking County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette County	Hocking County
No high school diploma	14.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	47.8%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette County	Hocking County
Drove alone	85.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette County	Hocking County
1-unit, detached	74.8%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Fayette County	Hocking County
Poverty rate	16.0%	17.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1970	1982