Wood County, Ohio

Wood County has a population of 132,064 and has grown 1.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $227,600, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $74,216.

Home price
$227,600
Income
$74,216
Population
132,064
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$227,600county
Median gross rent$972county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198052.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented35.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,642county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,076county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$820county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,380county
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$74,216county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate12.2%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 home10.3%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.0%county
Share of workers employed by government15.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.1%county
Economic output per resident$80,961county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.34%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 time20.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service14 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport66614county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station13 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%county
Traffic deaths36.3county
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 higher36.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.0%county
Public schools in the county36county
Public school enrollment19960county
Students per full-time teacher16.8county
Free lunch eligible35.3%county
Elementary schools15county
Middle schools9county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians68county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.4%county
Frequent mental distress19.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.1%county

Place

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

Population132,064county
Land area in square miles617county
People per square mile of land214.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores13county
Convenience stores7county
Share living far from a food store20.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract1.8%county
Population change since 2020+1.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age36.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.8%county
Second languages5.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls53.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents101county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in4,293county
Households that moved away4,264county
Average income of arriving households$59,841county
Average income of departing households$64,395county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year163county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.0%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature51.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation30.1 incounty
Annual snowfall19.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.85 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F19 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing122 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days181 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 25county
Average first fall frostOct 22county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$174county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh17.1¢county
Household electricity use898 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity23.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas64.6%county
Homes heated by propane9.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband92.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk75.7county
Coastal flood risk13.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk30.2county
Hail risk75.8county
Earthquake risk69.8county
Tornado risk80.5county
Tropical cyclone risk43.9county
Extreme heat risk47.4county
Winter weather risk72.9county
Strong wind risk57.2county
Wildfire risk13.5county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Wood 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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