Guernsey County vs Williams County

A side-by-side comparison of Guernsey County and Williams County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guernsey County has the higher population (38,283 vs 36,862 in Williams County). Williams County has the higher median household income ($61,834 vs $55,756 in Guernsey County). Guernsey County has the higher median home value ($154,100 vs $140,000 in Williams County).

Population, income & housing

	Guernsey County	Williams County
Population	38,283	36,862
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,756	$61,834
Median home value	$154,100	$140,000
Median gross rent	$803	$805
Housing units	19,024	16,574
Homeownership rate	71.6%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guernsey County	Williams County
Population	39,111 → 38,283 (-2.1%)	36,816 → 36,862 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$45,917 → $55,756 (+21.4%)	$53,183 → $61,834 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$114,700 → $154,100 (+34.4%)	$105,400 → $140,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $803 (+20.0%)	$694 → $805 (+16.0%)

Guernsey County

Population

39,11138,283

Median household income

$45,917$55,756

Median home value

$114,700$154,100

Median gross rent

$669$803

Williams County

Population

36,81636,862

Median household income

$53,183$61,834

Median home value

$105,400$140,000

Median gross rent

$694$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guernsey County	Williams County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.3%
75 and over	7.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guernsey County	Williams County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guernsey County	Williams County
No high school diploma	14.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	41.4%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guernsey County	Williams County
Drove alone	84.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guernsey County	Williams County
1-unit, detached	73.8%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Guernsey County	Williams County
Poverty rate	15.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1972	1966