Ohio Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Ohio Population Density Map and Area Scores

State Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • C
    Health Below average
    Less healthy than 74% of states in the US
  • C
    Income Below average
  • C
    Education Below average

Source: Map AI Methodology

Ohio
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Population density, people per sq mi

Population

Metric Ohio U.S. Average
Population 11,799,428 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 263.2 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) 0.23% 0.59%
Median age 38.5 37.3
Households 4,857,236 130,235,071

Population in Ohio grew by 2.3% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 11,799,428 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Ohio is Millennials, aged 29–44, at 21.1% of residents. That is 1.1 points below the US as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below the US, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 50.8% of the people living in Ohio and men 49.2%.

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Economy

Ohio has a the economy index of C, which means it is somewhat prosperous.

Metric Ohio U.S. Average
Median household income $71,509 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 4.38% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 4.8% 5.2%

The median household income in Ohio is about 11% lower than in US.

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Housing

Metric Ohio U.S. Average
Median home price $139,044 $248,835
Median rent $1,033 $1,407
Homeownership rate 67.2% 65.2%

The median home price in Ohio is about 11.2 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $1,033 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Ohio spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Ohio U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 21.1 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 42.2 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 176 187
Estimated yearly cost $5,447 $5,790
Work from home 13.0% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 8,648 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 1,212 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Ohio: Hancock County (15.3 min), Van Wert County (15.5 min), Mercer County (16.0 min).
Slowest: Morgan County (32.5 min), Vinton County (32.0 min), Brown County (32.0 min).

The average commute time in Ohio is 21 minutes, shorter than the 22 minutes in US.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Ohio has a education index of C, which means it is somewhat educated.

Metric Ohio U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 28.1% 31.6%
Average household size 2.37 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Ohio: Delaware County (0.4), Warren County (0.4), Greene County (0.3).
Lowest: Holmes County (0.1), Vinton County (0.2), Noble County (0.2).

Health

Ohio has a health index of C, which means it is somewhat healthy.

Metric Ohio U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 77.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 17.2% 16.3%
Smokers 24.3% 19.0%

Highest health index among counties in Ohio: Delaware County (0.8), Union County (0.8), Warren County (0.8).
Lowest: Adams County (0.8), Holmes County (0.8), Scioto County (0.8).

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Ohio Compared With Nearby States

Ohio is the 2nd largest of the 6 states compared here, 11,799,428 residents against a local median of 6,845,048. Ohio sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these states turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is median home price, 3% below the local median at $139,044 against $142,738. Ohio has the 4th highest median home price of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population Median household income Median home price Commute
Ohio 11,799,428 $71,509 #4/6 $139,044 #4/6 21.1 min #2/6
West Virginia 1,778,099 $59,640 $94,699 21.6 min
Indiana 6,845,048 $71,967 $142,738 21.1 min
Kentucky 4,533,530 $64,312 $118,017 20.8 min
Pennsylvania 13,004,688 $78,249 $152,469 22.4 min
Virginia 8,702,460 $93,527 $256,082 23.2 min

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ohio.

What is the population of Ohio?

About 11,799,428 people live in Ohio, in 4,857,236 households of 2.4 people on average. The median age is 38.5, close to the U.S. median of 37.3.

How densely populated is Ohio?

Averaged over its land area, Ohio has 263 people per square mile, a density typical of a mix of suburbs, small towns and farmland. That is about 3.0 times the U.S. average of 86.

Is Ohio an affordable place to live?

The median home costs 1.9 times the median household income ($139,044 against $71,509), compared with 3.1 times nationally. That is within the traditional rule of thumb of about 3 times income. Median rent of $1,033 a month takes about 17% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

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