Stark County, Ohio

Stark County has a population of 373,713 and has shrunk 0.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $186,400, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $67,934.

Home price
$186,400
Income
$67,934
Population
373,713
Unemployment
3.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$186,400county
Median gross rent$909county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198071.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented30.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,113county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,086county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$846county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,371county
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$67,934county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate12.5%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 home11.8%county
Unemployment rate3.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government11.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.4%county
Economic output per resident$61,962county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.29%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 time21.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport380232county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station17 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.7%county
Traffic deaths15.8county
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 higher25.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.2%county
Public schools in the county95county
Public school enrollment53192county
Students per full-time teacher18.4county
Free lunch eligible38.2%(statewide)
Elementary schools48county
Middle schools22county
High schools22county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public37.5%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians77county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

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

Population373,713county
Land area in square miles575county
People per square mile of land650.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores60county
Convenience stores42county
Share living far from a food store22.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract1.3%county
Population change since 2020-0.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age41.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.5%county
Share of households that are one person30.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.2%county
Second languages3.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents116county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in6,820county
Households that moved away6,720county
Average income of arriving households$57,200county
Average income of departing households$57,803county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year643county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings26.6%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature50.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.80 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F10 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing130 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6b(statewide)
Frost-free days186 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh16.4¢county
Household electricity use940 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity16.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas77.1%county
Homes heated by propane2.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.5%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband87.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk91.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk34.2county
Landslide risk59.9county
Hail risk97.8county
Earthquake risk78.8county
Tornado risk87.7county
Tropical cyclone risk58.2county
Extreme heat risk84.7county
Winter weather risk88.9county
Strong wind risk86.2county
Wildfire risk49.0county

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

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