Pike County, OH
Demographic and economic profile of Pike County, OH, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Pike County, OH is a small rural county of 27,080 residents with a workforce characterized by limited educational attainment—only 14.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher—and relatively low labor force participation at 50.8%, alongside a 5.4% unemployment rate. Median household income stands at $52,736, with median worker earnings of $40,060 and a poverty rate of 19.9%, pointing to constrained household economics. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $148,500 and median gross rent of $833/month, though the county's population has contracted 4.0% over five years.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-4.0% since 2018
Pike County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone25,666 (94.9%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races745 (2.8%)
- Black or African American Alone260 (1.0%)
- Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone154 (0.6%)
- Asian Alone117 (0.4%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race64 (0.2%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Other Indo-European155
- 2.Spanish118
- 3.German or other West Germanic80
- 4.Other Asian and Pacific Island30
- 5.Korean26
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance3,063
- 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,290
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)1,172
- 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,152
- 5.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities795
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations3,872
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations2,153
- 3.Service Occupations1,876
- 4.Sales & Office Occupations1,750
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations743
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Public Administration (LQ 1.37×)670
- 2.Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, & Accommodation (LQ 1.35×)1,221
- 3.Manufacturing (LQ 1.32×)1,357
- 4.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.20×)724
- 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.20×)2,891
Housing
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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.