Meigs County vs Pike County

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

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

Pike County has the higher population (27,080 vs 22,072 in Meigs County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($49,552 vs $46,701 in Meigs County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($148,500 vs $113,400 in Meigs County).

Population, income & housing

	Meigs County	Pike County
Population	22,072	27,080
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,701	$49,552
Median home value	$113,400	$148,500
Median gross rent	$704	$833
Housing units	10,669	12,071
Homeownership rate	75.4%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meigs County	Pike County
Population	23,078 → 22,072 (-4.4%)	28,000 → 27,080 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$44,899 → $46,701 (+4.0%)	$42,832 → $49,552 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $113,400 (+19.4%)	$117,100 → $148,500 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $704 (+13.2%)	$681 → $833 (+22.3%)

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

Pike County

Population

28,00027,080

Median household income

$42,832$49,552

Median home value

$117,100$148,500

Median gross rent

$681$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meigs County	Pike County
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.9%
75 and over	7.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meigs County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meigs County	Pike County
No high school diploma	13.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meigs County	Pike County
Drove alone	85.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meigs County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	68.3%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Meigs County	Pike County
Poverty rate	22.0%	19.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1978	1982