Pike County vs Wyandot County

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

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

Pike County has the higher population (27,080 vs 21,699 in Wyandot County). Wyandot County has the higher median household income ($71,878 vs $49,552 in Pike County). Wyandot County has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $148,500 in Pike County).

Population, income & housing

	Pike County	Wyandot County
Population	27,080	21,699
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,552	$71,878
Median home value	$148,500	$159,500
Median gross rent	$833	$785
Housing units	12,071	9,885
Homeownership rate	65.8%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike County	Wyandot County
Population	28,000 → 27,080 (-3.3%)	22,000 → 21,699 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$42,832 → $49,552 (+15.7%)	$55,767 → $71,878 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $148,500 (+26.8%)	$122,200 → $159,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $833 (+22.3%)	$631 → $785 (+24.4%)

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

Wyandot County

Population

22,00021,699

Median household income

$55,767$71,878

Median home value

$122,200$159,500

Median gross rent

$631$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pike County	Wyandot County
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.5%
75 and over	7.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike County	Wyandot County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike County	Wyandot County
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	48.9%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike County	Wyandot County
Drove alone	86.4%	87.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pike County	Wyandot County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Pike County	Wyandot County
Poverty rate	19.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1982	1962