Lucas County vs Summit County

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

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

Summit County has the higher population (538,087 vs 428,748 in Lucas County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($71,016 vs $60,095 in Lucas County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $155,200 in Lucas County).

Population, income & housing

	Lucas County	Summit County
Population	428,748	538,087
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,095	$71,016
Median home value	$155,200	$195,700
Median gross rent	$911	$998
Housing units	200,764	247,239
Homeownership rate	61.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucas County	Summit County
Population	431,102 → 428,748 (-0.5%)	541,334 → 538,087 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$48,736 → $60,095 (+23.3%)	$57,181 → $71,016 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $155,200 (+33.1%)	$146,800 → $195,700 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $911 (+22.3%)	$823 → $998 (+21.3%)

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

Summit County

Population

541,334538,087

Median household income

$57,181$71,016

Median home value

$146,800$195,700

Median gross rent

$823$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucas County	Summit County
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucas County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	74.2%
Black or African American	19.1%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucas County	Summit County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	29.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucas County	Summit County
Drove alone	79.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucas County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lucas County	Summit County
Poverty rate	17.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1962	1965