Greene County vs Medina County

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

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

Medina County has the higher population (183,049 vs 168,531 in Greene County). Medina County has the higher median household income ($92,660 vs $85,218 in Greene County). Medina County has the higher median home value ($268,000 vs $238,000 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Medina County
Population	168,531	183,049
Median age	38.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,218	$92,660
Median home value	$238,000	$268,000
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,090
Housing units	71,925	75,705
Homeownership rate	67.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Medina County
Population	166,502 → 168,531 (+1.2%)	177,980 → 183,049 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$68,720 → $85,218 (+24.0%)	$76,600 → $92,660 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $238,000 (+37.6%)	$196,300 → $268,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,089 (+19.7%)	$874 → $1,090 (+24.7%)

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

Medina County

Population

177,980183,049

Median household income

$76,600$92,660

Median home value

$196,300$268,000

Median gross rent

$874$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Medina County
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Medina County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Medina County
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Medina County
Drove alone	77.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	13.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Medina County
1-unit, detached	72.4%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.2%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Medina County
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1976	1984