Ohio County vs Preston County

A side-by-side comparison of Ohio County and Preston County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ohio County has the higher population (41,904 vs 34,204 in Preston County). Preston County has the higher median household income ($61,373 vs $57,867 in Ohio County). Ohio County has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $157,700 in Preston County).

Population, income & housing

	Ohio County	Preston County
Population	41,904	34,204
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,867	$61,373
Median home value	$165,300	$157,700
Median gross rent	$823	$753
Housing units	21,179	15,215
Homeownership rate	67.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ohio County	Preston County
Population	42,143 → 41,904 (-0.6%)	33,683 → 34,204 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$50,584 → $57,867 (+14.4%)	$51,888 → $61,373 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$123,900 → $165,300 (+33.4%)	$115,300 → $157,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $823 (+23.4%)	$666 → $753 (+13.1%)

Ohio County

Population

42,14341,904

Median household income

$50,584$57,867

Median home value

$123,900$165,300

Median gross rent

$667$823

Preston County

Population

33,68334,204

Median household income

$51,888$61,373

Median home value

$115,300$157,700

Median gross rent

$666$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ohio County	Preston County
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ohio County	Preston County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ohio County	Preston County
No high school diploma	7.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	32.0%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ohio County	Preston County
Drove alone	79.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.1%
Walked	4.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ohio County	Preston County
1-unit, detached	66.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Ohio County	Preston County
Poverty rate	15.7%	14.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1957	1982