Lucas County vs Montgomery County

A side-by-side comparison of Lucas County and Montgomery County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montgomery County has the higher population (535,528 vs 428,748 in Lucas County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($64,403 vs $60,095 in Lucas County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($167,400 vs $155,200 in Lucas County).

Population, income & housing

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
Population	428,748	535,528
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,095	$64,403
Median home value	$155,200	$167,400
Median gross rent	$911	$968
Housing units	200,764	252,475
Homeownership rate	61.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
Population	431,102 → 428,748 (-0.5%)	531,670 → 535,528 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$48,736 → $60,095 (+23.3%)	$51,542 → $64,403 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $155,200 (+33.1%)	$119,800 → $167,400 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $911 (+22.3%)	$793 → $968 (+22.1%)

Lucas County

Population

431,102428,748

Median household income

$48,736$60,095

Median home value

$116,600$155,200

Median gross rent

$745$911

Montgomery County

Population

531,670535,528

Median household income

$51,542$64,403

Median home value

$119,800$167,400

Median gross rent

$793$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	68.3%
Black or African American	19.1%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	29.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	79.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.9%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lucas County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	17.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1962	1966