Hocking County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,306 94.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 269 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 94 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 127 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 882 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 109 0.4%

• Under 18 5,961 21.4%
• 18–24 2,019 7.3%
• 25–44 6,342 22.8%
• 45–64 7,860 28.3%
• 65 and over 5,617 20.2%

Median household income

$63,690

90% interval $56,676–$70,704

−$8,569 vs OH · 63rd of 88

Below poverty line

13.2%

90% interval 10.2%–16.2%

+0.6 pp vs OH · 38th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$842.6M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$40,023

Establishments

592

• Education & health services 1,848 24.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,423 18.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,155 15.3%
• Manufacturing 980 13.0%
• Professional & business services 759 10.1%
• Public administration 459 6.1%
• Financial activities 278 3.7%
• Construction 25 0.3%
• Information 18 0.2%
• Other services 5 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 92.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.8%

+11.6 pp vs OH · 19th of 88

Median gross rent

$808

−$226 vs OH · 64th of 88

Owner-occupied

9,113

Renter-occupied

2,455

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $62,138/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,817/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 9,679 71.8%
• Democratic 3,704 27.5%
• Other / third-party 106 0.8%

• Spanish 130 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 65 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.1%

Households

11,568

Family households

7,914

68.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,540

19.5% of families

Single-mother families

639

8.1% of families

Veterans

1,711

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,268 11.7%
• Catholic 1,659 5.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,414 5.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 174 0.6%

Health insured

92.6%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

7.4%

±1.5 pp

26th of 88

With a disability

17.6%

±1.9 pp

17th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

13.5%

±1.8 pp

−18.0 pp vs OH · 83rd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 7.9%–9.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Hocking County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (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

Logan

Traffic fatalities

7

32.05 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7