Perry County vs Putnam County

A side-by-side comparison of Perry County and Putnam County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Perry County has the higher population (35,474 vs 34,352 in Putnam County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($82,785 vs $64,737 in Perry County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($191,600 vs $178,300 in Perry County).

Population, income & housing

	Perry County	Putnam County
Population	35,474	34,352
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,737	$82,785
Median home value	$178,300	$191,600
Median gross rent	$727	$857
Housing units	15,021	13,870
Homeownership rate	76.5%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry County	Putnam County
Population	36,022 → 35,474 (-1.5%)	33,911 → 34,352 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$50,150 → $64,737 (+29.1%)	$64,822 → $82,785 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $178,300 (+56.3%)	$155,800 → $191,600 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $727 (+12.5%)	$701 → $857 (+22.3%)

Perry County

Population

36,02235,474

Median household income

$50,150$64,737

Median home value

$114,100$178,300

Median gross rent

$646$727

Putnam County

Population

33,91134,352

Median household income

$64,822$82,785

Median home value

$155,800$191,600

Median gross rent

$701$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry County	Putnam County
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry County	Putnam County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry County	Putnam County
No high school diploma	11.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	46.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry County	Putnam County
Drove alone	85.2%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry County	Putnam County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Perry County	Putnam County
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1978	1972