Pike County vs Van Wert County

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

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

Van Wert County has the higher population (28,824 vs 27,080 in Pike County). Van Wert County has the higher median household income ($65,344 vs $49,552 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($148,500 vs $137,300 in Van Wert County).

Population, income & housing

	Pike County	Van Wert County
Population	27,080	28,824
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,552	$65,344
Median home value	$148,500	$137,300
Median gross rent	$833	$792
Housing units	12,071	12,574
Homeownership rate	65.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike County	Van Wert County
Population	28,000 → 27,080 (-3.3%)	28,261 → 28,824 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$42,832 → $49,552 (+15.7%)	$54,254 → $65,344 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $148,500 (+26.8%)	$104,900 → $137,300 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $833 (+22.3%)	$712 → $792 (+11.2%)

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

Van Wert County

Population

28,26128,824

Median household income

$54,254$65,344

Median home value

$104,900$137,300

Median gross rent

$712$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pike County	Van Wert County
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.3%
75 and over	7.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike County	Van Wert County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike County	Van Wert County
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	48.9%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike County	Van Wert County
Drove alone	86.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pike County	Van Wert County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Pike County	Van Wert County
Poverty rate	19.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1982	1960