Meigs County vs Paulding County

A side-by-side comparison of Meigs County and Paulding County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meigs County has the higher population (22,072 vs 18,800 in Paulding County). Paulding County has the higher median household income ($68,167 vs $46,701 in Meigs County). Paulding County has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $113,400 in Meigs County).

Population, income & housing

	Meigs County	Paulding County
Population	22,072	18,800
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,701	$68,167
Median home value	$113,400	$126,800
Median gross rent	$704	$750
Housing units	10,669	8,533
Homeownership rate	75.4%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meigs County	Paulding County
Population	23,078 → 22,072 (-4.4%)	18,809 → 18,800 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$44,899 → $46,701 (+4.0%)	$55,330 → $68,167 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $113,400 (+19.4%)	$97,000 → $126,800 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $704 (+13.2%)	$704 → $750 (+6.5%)

Meigs County

Population

23,07822,072

Median household income

$44,899$46,701

Median home value

$95,000$113,400

Median gross rent

$622$704

Paulding County

Population

18,80918,800

Median household income

$55,330$68,167

Median home value

$97,000$126,800

Median gross rent

$704$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meigs County	Paulding County
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meigs County	Paulding County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meigs County	Paulding County
No high school diploma	13.3%	9.6%
High school graduate	46.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meigs County	Paulding County
Drove alone	85.6%	85.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meigs County	Paulding County
1-unit, detached	68.3%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Meigs County	Paulding County
Poverty rate	22.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1978	1969