Lucas County vs Stark County

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

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

Lucas County has the higher population (428,748 vs 373,764 in Stark County). Stark County has the higher median household income ($65,740 vs $60,095 in Lucas County). Stark County has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $155,200 in Lucas County).

Population, income & housing

	Lucas County	Stark County
Population	428,748	373,764
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,095	$65,740
Median home value	$155,200	$177,700
Median gross rent	$911	$877
Housing units	200,764	167,525
Homeownership rate	61.7%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucas County	Stark County
Population	431,102 → 428,748 (-0.5%)	372,404 → 373,764 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$48,736 → $60,095 (+23.3%)	$53,860 → $65,740 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $155,200 (+33.1%)	$134,300 → $177,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $911 (+22.3%)	$741 → $877 (+18.4%)

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

Stark County

Population

372,404373,764

Median household income

$53,860$65,740

Median home value

$134,300$177,700

Median gross rent

$741$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucas County	Stark County
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.9%
75 and over	6.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucas County	Stark County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	84.3%
Black or African American	19.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucas County	Stark County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.9%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucas County	Stark County
Drove alone	79.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucas County	Stark County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Lucas County	Stark County
Poverty rate	17.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1962	1966