Mahoning County vs Warren County

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

Mahoning 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 227,063 in Mahoning County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($107,843 vs $55,576 in Mahoning County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $141,100 in Mahoning County).

Population, income & housing

	Mahoning County	Warren County
Population	227,063	246,364
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,576	$107,843
Median home value	$141,100	$319,700
Median gross rent	$775	$1,293
Housing units	108,077	94,910
Homeownership rate	70.3%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahoning County	Warren County
Population	229,961 → 227,063 (-1.3%)	229,132 → 246,364 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $55,576 (+20.7%)	$87,125 → $107,843 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $141,100 (+33.9%)	$222,500 → $319,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $775 (+13.6%)	$1,061 → $1,293 (+21.9%)

Mahoning County

Population

229,961227,063

Median household income

$46,042$55,576

Median home value

$105,400$141,100

Median gross rent

$682$775

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)

	Mahoning County	Warren County
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.4%
75 and over	9.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahoning County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	82.7%
Black or African American	13.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahoning County	Warren County
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahoning County	Warren County
Drove alone	80.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.7%	16.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahoning County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	77.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mahoning County	Warren County
Poverty rate	18.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1963	1994