Stark County vs Summit County

A side-by-side comparison of Stark County and Summit County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Summit County has the higher population (538,087 vs 373,764 in Stark County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($71,016 vs $65,740 in Stark County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $177,700 in Stark County).

Population, income & housing

	Stark County	Summit County
Population	373,764	538,087
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,740	$71,016
Median home value	$177,700	$195,700
Median gross rent	$877	$998
Housing units	167,525	247,239
Homeownership rate	68.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stark County	Summit County
Population	372,404 → 373,764 (+0.4%)	541,334 → 538,087 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$53,860 → $65,740 (+22.1%)	$57,181 → $71,016 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$134,300 → $177,700 (+32.3%)	$146,800 → $195,700 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $877 (+18.4%)	$823 → $998 (+21.3%)

Stark County

Population

372,404373,764

Median household income

$53,860$65,740

Median home value

$134,300$177,700

Median gross rent

$741$877

Summit County

Population

541,334538,087

Median household income

$57,181$71,016

Median home value

$146,800$195,700

Median gross rent

$823$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stark County	Summit County
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stark County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	74.2%
Black or African American	7.4%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stark County	Summit County
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.0%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stark County	Summit County
Drove alone	79.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stark County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Stark County	Summit County
Poverty rate	12.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1966	1965