Geauga County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 88,516 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,868 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 921 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 478 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,247 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 35 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 412 0.4%

• Under 18 21,185 22.2%
• 18–24 7,548 7.9%
• 25–44 19,002 19.9%
• 45–64 26,457 27.7%
• 65 and over 21,289 22.3%

Median household income

$110,508

90% interval $103,840–$117,176

+$38,249 vs OH · 4th of 88

Below poverty line

5.7%

90% interval 4.5%–6.9%

−6.9 pp vs OH · 86th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.1B

0.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,526

Establishments

3,194

• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,655 23.6%
• Education & health services 7,553 20.6%
• Manufacturing 6,517 17.7%
• Professional & business services 4,149 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,136 8.5%
• Financial activities 1,302 3.5%
• Other services 1,284 3.5%
• Public administration 1,069 2.9%
• Information 175 0.5%
• Construction 31 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 92.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

87.2%

+20.0 pp vs OH · 1st of 88

Median gross rent

$1,083

+$49 vs OH · 11th of 88

Owner-occupied

31,217

Renter-occupied

4,590

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $131,949/yr) pays 6.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,272/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 33,844 61.7%
• Democratic 20,604 37.5%
• Other / third-party 438 0.8%

• German or other West Germanic 7,680 8.5%
• Spanish 894 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 654 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 100 0.1%
• Arabic 75 0.1%
• Chinese 21 0.0%
• Tagalog 18 0.0%
• Korean 17 0.0%
• Vietnamese 11 0.0%

Households

35,807

Family households

26,230

73.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,352

31.8% of families

Single-mother families

838

3.2% of families

Veterans

4,828

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 32,469 34.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 28,840 30.2%
• Mainline Protestant 6,564 6.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,417 1.5%
• Black Protestant 432 0.5%

Health insured

91.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±0.9 pp

17th of 88

With a disability

9.8%

±0.6 pp

86th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

40.9%

±1.7 pp

+9.4 pp vs OH · 6th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 9.2%–11.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Geauga County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

3 (Court of Common Pleas General Division judges only; vintage 2026 supremecourt.ohio.gov roster. Domestic Relations / Juvenile / Probate Division judges separately allocated in urban counties and not counted (those divisions don't hear general civil jury trials). Small rural counties typically have 1-2 General Division judges who concurrently handle Domestic Relations and Juvenile dockets.)

Court seats

Chardon

Traffic fatalities

10

13.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9