Hocking County vs Van Wert County

A side-by-side comparison of Hocking County and Van Wert County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Wert County has the higher population (28,824 vs 27,938 in Hocking County). Van Wert County has the higher median household income ($65,344 vs $61,366 in Hocking County). Hocking County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $137,300 in Van Wert County).

Population, income & housing

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
Population	27,938	28,824
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,366	$65,344
Median home value	$172,300	$137,300
Median gross rent	$806	$792
Housing units	13,014	12,574
Homeownership rate	78.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
Population	28,390 → 27,938 (-1.6%)	28,261 → 28,824 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$52,363 → $61,366 (+17.2%)	$54,254 → $65,344 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $172,300 (+29.7%)	$104,900 → $137,300 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $806 (+30.2%)	$712 → $792 (+11.2%)

Hocking County

Population

28,39027,938

Median household income

$52,363$61,366

Median home value

$132,800$172,300

Median gross rent

$619$806

Van Wert County

Population

28,26128,824

Median household income

$54,254$65,344

Median home value

$104,900$137,300

Median gross rent

$712$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.3%
75 and over	7.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
No high school diploma	11.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	42.1%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
Drove alone	83.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
1-unit, detached	73.0%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Hocking County	Van Wert County
Poverty rate	17.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1982	1960