Harrison County vs Monroe County

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison County and Monroe County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrison County has the higher population (14,408 vs 13,308 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($58,962 vs $53,851 in Harrison County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($132,000 vs $118,000 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Population	14,408	13,308
Median age	46.1 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,851	$58,962
Median home value	$118,000	$132,000
Median gross rent	$753	$626
Housing units	7,397	7,147
Homeownership rate	76.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Population	15,211 → 14,408 (-5.3%)	13,942 → 13,308 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$49,689 → $53,851 (+8.4%)	$45,289 → $58,962 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $118,000 (+27.3%)	$110,000 → $132,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $753 (+24.1%)	$593 → $626 (+5.6%)

Harrison County

Population

15,21114,408

Median household income

$49,689$53,851

Median home value

$92,700$118,000

Median gross rent

$607$753

Monroe County

Population

13,94213,308

Median household income

$45,289$58,962

Median home value

$110,000$132,000

Median gross rent

$593$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	49.1%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Drove alone	83.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	14.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1965	1974