Montgomery County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 362,682 67.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,744 4.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 109,097 20.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 12,029 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 26,975 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 247 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 97 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,225 0.4%

• Under 18 118,834 22.2%
• 18–24 48,513 9.0%
• 25–44 139,841 26.1%
• 45–64 129,297 24.1%
• 65 and over 99,611 18.6%

Median household income

$66,349

90% interval $63,461–$69,237

−$5,910 vs OH · 54th of 88

Below poverty line

14.4%

90% interval 12.9%–15.9%

+1.8 pp vs OH · 22nd of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$40.1B

4.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,788

Establishments

13,285

• Education & health services 77,537 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 49,933 19.8%
• Professional & business services 29,703 11.8%
• Manufacturing 27,599 11.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 25,783 10.2%
• Construction 11,052 4.4%
• Financial activities 9,994 4.0%
• Public administration 8,274 3.3%
• Other services 7,380 2.9%
• Information 4,427 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 228 0.1%
• Unclassified 15 0.0%

Home ownership

62.5%

−4.7 pp vs OH · 83rd of 88

Median gross rent

$1,026

−$8 vs OH · 16th of 88

Owner-occupied

144,482

Renter-occupied

86,837

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $90,276/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,772/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 126,767 49.8%
• Republican 125,566 49.3%
• Other / third-party 2,382 0.9%

• Spanish 14,436 2.9%
• Arabic 3,014 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 1,526 0.3%
• Chinese 1,521 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,493 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,266 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,115 0.2%
• Vietnamese 1,018 0.2%
• Korean 420 0.1%

Households

231,319

Family households

131,553

56.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

31,169

23.7% of families

Single-mother families

17,770

13.5% of families

Veterans

34,904

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 166,863 31.1%
• Catholic 69,811 13.0%
• Black Protestant 37,742 7.0%
• Mainline Protestant 29,555 5.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 19,060 3.5%
• Orthodox 2,525 0.5%

Health insured

93.5%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

6.5%

±0.4 pp

36th of 88

With a disability

15.2%

±0.4 pp

51st of 88

Bachelor's or higher

31.3%

±0.7 pp

−0.2 pp vs OH · 18th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.7%–9.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

11 (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

Dayton

Traffic fatalities

65

15.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

60