Muskingum County vs Ross County

A side-by-side comparison of Muskingum County and Ross County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muskingum County has the higher population (86,382 vs 76,748 in Ross County). Ross County has the higher median household income ($59,819 vs $59,203 in Muskingum County). Muskingum County has the higher median home value ($170,100 vs $158,500 in Ross County).

Population, income & housing

	Muskingum County	Ross County
Population	86,382	76,748
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,203	$59,819
Median home value	$170,100	$158,500
Median gross rent	$811	$858
Housing units	38,343	32,042
Homeownership rate	68.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskingum County	Ross County
Population	86,131 → 86,382 (+0.3%)	76,948 → 76,748 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$47,254 → $59,203 (+25.3%)	$51,092 → $59,819 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $170,100 (+41.5%)	$123,800 → $158,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $811 (+15.4%)	$741 → $858 (+15.8%)

Muskingum County

Population

86,13186,382

Median household income

$47,254$59,203

Median home value

$120,200$170,100

Median gross rent

$703$811

Ross County

Population

76,94876,748

Median household income

$51,092$59,819

Median home value

$123,800$158,500

Median gross rent

$741$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskingum County	Ross County
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.6%
75 and over	7.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskingum County	Ross County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	88.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskingum County	Ross County
No high school diploma	9.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskingum County	Ross County
Drove alone	83.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskingum County	Ross County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Muskingum County	Ross County
Poverty rate	15.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1972	1973