Scioto County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Scioto County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scioto County has the higher population (73,118 vs 65,293 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($109,506 vs $49,571 in Scioto County). Union County has the higher median home value ($306,600 vs $132,300 in Scioto County).

Population, income & housing

	Scioto County	Union County
Population	73,118	65,293
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,571	$109,506
Median home value	$132,300	$306,600
Median gross rent	$749	$1,188
Housing units	33,153	24,298
Homeownership rate	69.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scioto County	Union County
Population	76,040 → 73,118 (-3.8%)	56,707 → 65,293 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$41,330 → $49,571 (+19.9%)	$86,715 → $109,506 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $132,300 (+35.3%)	$203,800 → $306,600 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $749 (+19.6%)	$982 → $1,188 (+21.0%)

Scioto County

Population

76,04073,118

Median household income

$41,330$49,571

Median home value

$97,800$132,300

Median gross rent

$626$749

Union County

Population

56,70765,293

Median household income

$86,715$109,506

Median home value

$203,800$306,600

Median gross rent

$982$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scioto County	Union County
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.1%
75 and over	7.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scioto County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	85.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scioto County	Union County
No high school diploma	11.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scioto County	Union County
Drove alone	85.3%	71.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	19.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scioto County	Union County
1-unit, detached	73.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Scioto County	Union County
Poverty rate	22.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1968	1995