Harrison County vs Paulding County

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

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

Paulding County has the higher population (18,800 vs 14,408 in Harrison County). Paulding County has the higher median household income ($68,167 vs $53,851 in Harrison County). Paulding County has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $118,000 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Paulding County
Population	14,408	18,800
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,851	$68,167
Median home value	$118,000	$126,800
Median gross rent	$753	$750
Housing units	7,397	8,533
Homeownership rate	76.7%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Paulding County
Population	15,211 → 14,408 (-5.3%)	18,809 → 18,800 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$49,689 → $53,851 (+8.4%)	$55,330 → $68,167 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $118,000 (+27.3%)	$97,000 → $126,800 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $753 (+24.1%)	$704 → $750 (+6.5%)

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

Paulding County

Population

18,80918,800

Median household income

$55,330$68,167

Median home value

$97,000$126,800

Median gross rent

$704$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Paulding County
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.6%
75 and over	8.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Paulding County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Paulding County
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	49.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Paulding County
Drove alone	83.2%	85.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Paulding County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Paulding County
Poverty rate	14.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1965	1969