Gallia County, Ohio

Gallia County has a population of 29,068 and has shrunk 0.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $155,600, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $56,830.

Home price
$155,600
Income
$56,830
Population
29,068
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$155,600county
Median gross rent$813county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198048.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile22.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,405(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$871county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,240county
Home insurance / yr$2,118(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.3(statewide)
Median household income$56,830county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate16.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.0%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force52.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government21.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry34.5%county
Economic output per resident$80,371county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.91%county
Top state income tax2.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.29%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service36 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport93330county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station30 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.2%county
Traffic deaths13.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher20.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.1%county
Public schools in the county14county
Public school enrollment4462county
Students per full-time teacher15.6county
Free lunch eligible38.2%(statewide)
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools3county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution7.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians76county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.0%county
Frequent mental distress19.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population29,068county
Land area in square miles467county
People per square mile of land62.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store3.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract12.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age41.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.9%county
Share of households that are one person27.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages2.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls30.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents223county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in468county
Households that moved away511county
Average income of arriving households$43,316county
Average income of departing households$49,779county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year7county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings48.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature54.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation46.2 incounty
Annual snowfall17.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.01 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F25 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing111 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days191 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 17county
Average first fall frostOct 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$191county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh19.6¢county
Household electricity use972 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity49.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas19.2%county
Homes heated by propane22.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood7.2%county
Households with broadband78.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk67.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk31.6county
Landslide risk87.5county
Hail risk25.4county
Earthquake risk43.3county
Tornado risk26.1county
Tropical cyclone risk47.9county
Extreme heat risk84.4county
Winter weather risk44.4county
Strong wind risk26.3county
Wildfire risk34.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Gallia County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Ohio figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

Similar counties in Ohio

Compare Gallia with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Gallia in the map