Census figures: Income, population, education for Wayne, Holmes, Ashland counties

Kevin Lynch, Wooster Daily Record
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Estimates from The United States Census Bureau show annual household incomes in Wayne and Holmes counties are similar, while Ashland County is about $10,000 lower.

The median household income from 2018 to 2022 in Wayne County was $70,320 while the median income in Holmes County was $72,987. Ashland County is at $62,254.

Wayne County's population was estimated at 116,510 for 2023 compared to 44,386 for Holmes County. Ashland County's population was 52,437.

Of Ashland County's population over the age of 25, 89.9% are high school graduates or higher; 86.5% of Wayne County's population over the age of 25 are high school graduates or higher, while Holmes County's similar age group was at 57.6%.

In Wayne County, 24% of the population held a bachelor's degree or higher, Ashland County was at 21.9% while Holmes County was at 11.1%.

Income, total employment, to-work travel time

  • Per capita income in the past 12 months was $32,908 for Wayne County and $29,238 for Holmes County. Ashland County was $30,303.

  • Total employment for Wayne County in 2021 was 41,116. That represented a change of -5.3% from 2020, while in Holmes County there were 18,743 total employment in 2021. That number was -0.3% from 2020. Total employment in Ashland County in 2021 was 17,712. That number is -2.9% from 2020.

  • The mean travel time to work for both counties is slightly over 20 minutes. The mean travel time workers age 16 and over in Wayne County was 20.2 minutes, while in Holmes County the average time was 21.7 minutes, and Ashland County was 23.3 minutes.

  • The percentage of the population in Ashland County that was living in poverty was 10.6%. Wayne County was at 10.2%, while in Holmes County that number was 8% of the population.

  • The percentage of the labor force over the age of 16 in Wayne County from 2018-2022 was 62.2% with 54.1% being female, while in Holmes County that number was 65% with 48.8% female. Ashland County was 60.7% with 54.3% female.

There were 259 women-owned business in Wayne County, according to the data, while Holmes County had 82 women-owned businesses. No data was provided for Ashland County.

Wayne County's population was 95.1% white, while in Holmes County that number was 98.4%. Ashland County is 96.2% white.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Census income, employment figures for Wayne, Holmes, Ashland