Ohio County vs Putnam County

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

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

Putnam County has the higher population (57,250 vs 41,904 in Ohio County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($77,871 vs $57,867 in Ohio County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $165,300 in Ohio County).

Population, income & housing

	Ohio County	Putnam County
Population	41,904	57,250
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,867	$77,871
Median home value	$165,300	$214,200
Median gross rent	$823	$975
Housing units	21,179	24,891
Homeownership rate	67.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ohio County	Putnam County
Population	42,143 → 41,904 (-0.6%)	56,610 → 57,250 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$50,584 → $57,867 (+14.4%)	$60,097 → $77,871 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$123,900 → $165,300 (+33.4%)	$167,300 → $214,200 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $823 (+23.4%)	$831 → $975 (+17.3%)

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

Putnam County

Population

56,61057,250

Median household income

$60,097$77,871

Median home value

$167,300$214,200

Median gross rent

$831$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ohio County	Putnam County
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.6%
75 and over	9.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ohio County	Putnam County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ohio County	Putnam County
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ohio County	Putnam County
Drove alone	79.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.1%
Walked	4.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ohio County	Putnam County
1-unit, detached	66.3%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	8.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Ohio County	Putnam County
Poverty rate	15.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1957	1988