Lake County vs Warren County

A side-by-side comparison of Lake County and Warren County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Warren County has the higher population (246,364 vs 232,101 in Lake County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($107,843 vs $77,952 in Lake County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $199,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Warren County
Population	232,101	246,364
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,952	$107,843
Median home value	$199,900	$319,700
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,293
Housing units	105,877	94,910
Homeownership rate	75.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Warren County
Population	229,954 → 232,101 (+0.9%)	229,132 → 246,364 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$64,466 → $77,952 (+20.9%)	$87,125 → $107,843 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$156,200 → $199,900 (+28.0%)	$222,500 → $319,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $1,073 (+19.6%)	$1,061 → $1,293 (+21.9%)

Lake County

Population

229,954232,101

Median household income

$64,466$77,952

Median home value

$156,200$199,900

Median gross rent

$897$1,073

Warren County

Population

229,132246,364

Median household income

$87,125$107,843

Median home value

$222,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Warren County
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.4%
75 and over	8.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	82.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Warren County
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Warren County
Drove alone	77.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.2%	16.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	72.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Warren County
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1972	1994