Licking County vs Medina County

A side-by-side comparison of Licking County and Medina County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Medina County has the higher population (183,049 vs 180,311 in Licking County). Medina County has the higher median household income ($92,660 vs $81,033 in Licking County). Medina County has the higher median home value ($268,000 vs $250,700 in Licking County).

Population, income & housing

	Licking County	Medina County
Population	180,311	183,049
Median age	40.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,033	$92,660
Median home value	$250,700	$268,000
Median gross rent	$999	$1,090
Housing units	73,021	75,705
Homeownership rate	73.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Licking County	Medina County
Population	173,750 → 180,311 (+3.8%)	177,980 → 183,049 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$64,589 → $81,033 (+25.5%)	$76,600 → $92,660 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $250,700 (+47.3%)	$196,300 → $268,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $999 (+17.3%)	$874 → $1,090 (+24.7%)

Licking County

Population

173,750180,311

Median household income

$64,589$81,033

Median home value

$170,200$250,700

Median gross rent

$852$999

Medina County

Population

177,980183,049

Median household income

$76,600$92,660

Median home value

$196,300$268,000

Median gross rent

$874$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Licking County	Medina County
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.5%
75 and over	6.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Licking County	Medina County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Licking County	Medina County
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Licking County	Medina County
Drove alone	75.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.0%	13.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Licking County	Medina County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Licking County	Medina County
Poverty rate	10.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1978	1984