Stark County vs Warren County

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

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

Stark County has the higher population (373,764 vs 246,364 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($107,843 vs $65,740 in Stark County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $177,700 in Stark County).

Population, income & housing

	Stark County	Warren County
Population	373,764	246,364
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,740	$107,843
Median home value	$177,700	$319,700
Median gross rent	$877	$1,293
Housing units	167,525	94,910
Homeownership rate	68.6%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stark County	Warren County
Population	372,404 → 373,764 (+0.4%)	229,132 → 246,364 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$53,860 → $65,740 (+22.1%)	$87,125 → $107,843 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$134,300 → $177,700 (+32.3%)	$222,500 → $319,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $877 (+18.4%)	$1,061 → $1,293 (+21.9%)

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

Warren County

Population

229,132246,364

Median household income

$87,125$107,843

Median home value

$222,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stark County	Warren County
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.4%
75 and over	8.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stark County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	82.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stark County	Warren County
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stark County	Warren County
Drove alone	79.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	16.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stark County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Stark County	Warren County
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1966	1994