Richland County vs Wayne County

A side-by-side comparison of Richland County and Wayne County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richland County has the higher population (125,138 vs 116,618 in Wayne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($71,769 vs $57,649 in Richland County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $154,000 in Richland County).

Population, income & housing

	Richland County	Wayne County
Population	125,138	116,618
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,649	$71,769
Median home value	$154,000	$204,600
Median gross rent	$791	$849
Housing units	54,616	46,804
Homeownership rate	68.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland County	Wayne County
Population	121,100 → 125,138 (+3.3%)	116,099 → 116,618 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,547 → $57,649 (+16.4%)	$58,300 → $71,769 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $154,000 (+39.2%)	$148,900 → $204,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $791 (+16.0%)	$735 → $849 (+15.5%)

Richland County

Population

121,100125,138

Median household income

$49,547$57,649

Median home value

$110,600$154,000

Median gross rent

$682$791

Wayne County

Population

116,099116,618

Median household income

$58,300$71,769

Median home value

$148,900$204,600

Median gross rent

$735$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	8.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	7.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	10.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland County	Wayne County
Drove alone	82.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	73.6%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Richland County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	13.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1964	1975