Noble County vs Paulding County

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

Noble 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.

Paulding County has the higher population (18,800 vs 14,252 in Noble County). Paulding County has the higher median household income ($68,167 vs $55,360 in Noble County). Noble County has the higher median home value ($149,300 vs $126,800 in Paulding County).

Population, income & housing

	Noble County	Paulding County
Population	14,252	18,800
Median age	51.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,360	$68,167
Median home value	$149,300	$126,800
Median gross rent	$730	$750
Housing units	5,797	8,533
Homeownership rate	81.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noble County	Paulding County
Population	14,416 → 14,252 (-1.1%)	18,809 → 18,800 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$46,897 → $55,360 (+18.0%)	$55,330 → $68,167 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $149,300 (+48.6%)	$97,000 → $126,800 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $730 (+11.8%)	$704 → $750 (+6.5%)

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

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)

	Noble County	Paulding County
Under 5	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.3%	11.6%
75 and over	11.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noble County	Paulding County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noble County	Paulding County
No high school diploma	14.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	50.2%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noble County	Paulding County
Drove alone	84.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noble County	Paulding County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Noble County	Paulding County
Poverty rate	11.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1979	1969