Greene County vs Licking County

A side-by-side comparison of Greene County and Licking County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Licking County has the higher population (180,311 vs 168,531 in Greene County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($85,218 vs $81,033 in Licking County). Licking County has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $238,000 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Licking County
Population	168,531	180,311
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,218	$81,033
Median home value	$238,000	$250,700
Median gross rent	$1,089	$999
Housing units	71,925	73,021
Homeownership rate	67.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Licking County
Population	166,502 → 168,531 (+1.2%)	173,750 → 180,311 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$68,720 → $85,218 (+24.0%)	$64,589 → $81,033 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $238,000 (+37.6%)	$170,200 → $250,700 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,089 (+19.7%)	$852 → $999 (+17.3%)

Greene County

Population

166,502168,531

Median household income

$68,720$85,218

Median home value

$173,000$238,000

Median gross rent

$910$1,089

Licking County

Population

173,750180,311

Median household income

$64,589$81,033

Median home value

$170,200$250,700

Median gross rent

$852$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Licking County
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.4%
75 and over	7.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Licking County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	86.2%
Black or African American	5.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Licking County
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Licking County
Drove alone	77.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	14.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Licking County
1-unit, detached	72.4%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Licking County
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1976	1978