Morgan County vs Noble County

A side-by-side comparison of Morgan County and Noble County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Noble County has the higher population (14,252 vs 13,758 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($55,971 vs $55,360 in Noble County). Noble County has the higher median home value ($149,300 vs $134,200 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan County	Noble County
Population	13,758	14,252
Median age	44.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,971	$55,360
Median home value	$134,200	$149,300
Median gross rent	$713	$730
Housing units	7,311	5,797
Homeownership rate	77.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan County	Noble County
Population	14,640 → 13,758 (-6.0%)	14,416 → 14,252 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$42,341 → $55,971 (+32.2%)	$46,897 → $55,360 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$99,900 → $134,200 (+34.3%)	$100,500 → $149,300 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $713 (+11.9%)	$653 → $730 (+11.8%)

Morgan County

Population

14,64013,758

Median household income

$42,341$55,971

Median home value

$99,900$134,200

Median gross rent

$637$713

Noble County

Population

14,41614,252

Median household income

$46,897$55,360

Median home value

$100,500$149,300

Median gross rent

$653$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan County	Noble County
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.3%
75 and over	9.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan County	Noble County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan County	Noble County
No high school diploma	11.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan County	Noble County
Drove alone	83.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan County	Noble County
1-unit, detached	76.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Morgan County	Noble County
Poverty rate	14.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	1975	1979