Gallia County vs Van Wert County

A side-by-side comparison of Gallia County and Van Wert County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gallia County has the higher population (29,162 vs 28,824 in Van Wert County). Van Wert County has the higher median household income ($65,344 vs $56,455 in Gallia County). Van Wert County has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $135,000 in Gallia County).

Population, income & housing

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
Population	29,162	28,824
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,455	$65,344
Median home value	$135,000	$137,300
Median gross rent	$798	$792
Housing units	13,454	12,574
Homeownership rate	76.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
Population	30,088 → 29,162 (-3.1%)	28,261 → 28,824 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$44,858 → $56,455 (+25.9%)	$54,254 → $65,344 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $135,000 (+22.5%)	$104,900 → $137,300 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $798 (+18.2%)	$712 → $792 (+11.2%)

Gallia County

Population

30,08829,162

Median household income

$44,858$56,455

Median home value

$110,200$135,000

Median gross rent

$675$798

Van Wert County

Population

28,26128,824

Median household income

$54,254$65,344

Median home value

$104,900$137,300

Median gross rent

$712$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
No high school diploma	13.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
Drove alone	83.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
1-unit, detached	67.0%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Gallia County	Van Wert County
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1979	1960