Highland County, OH
Demographic and economic profile of Highland County, OH, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Highland County is a small rural Ohio county of 43,403 residents with a workforce characterized by modest educational attainment—15.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher against an 86.9% high school completion rate—and relatively low labor costs, with median worker earnings of $38,318 and a 4.0% unemployment rate. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $157,000 and median gross rent of $757 per month, supported by a 74.3% homeownership rate. The county posted modest population growth of 0.9% over five years, with a median household income of $65,785 and a labor force participation rate of 59.3% reflecting the workforce constraints common to rural Appalachian-adjacent communities.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
+0.9% since 2018
Highland County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone41,415 (95.2%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,116 (2.6%)
- Black or African American Alone515 (1.2%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race285 (0.7%)
- Some Other Race Alone94 (0.2%)
- Asian Alone58 (0.1%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.German or other West Germanic954
- 2.Spanish289
- 3.Other Indo-European30
- 4.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)14
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance4,989
- 2.Manufacturing (Group)3,753
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,283
- 4.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities1,705
- 5.Construction (Group)1,656
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations6,263
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations4,666
- 3.Sales & Office Occupations3,556
- 4.Service Occupations3,072
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,488
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Manufacturing (LQ 2.10×)4,054
- 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.83×)567
- 3.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.29×)1,467
- 4.Other Services (LQ 1.24×)1,135
- 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.06×)4,834
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.