Pickaway County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 54,491 90.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,165 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,830 3.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,351 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 84 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 161 0.3%

• Under 18 12,970 21.6%
• 18–24 5,206 8.7%
• 25–44 16,372 27.2%
• 45–64 15,723 26.1%
• 65 and over 9,860 16.4%

Median household income

$81,135

90% interval $74,258–$88,012

+$8,876 vs OH · 16th of 88

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.2%–11.4%

−3.3 pp vs OH · 67th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.6B

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,280

Establishments

1,108

• Education & health services 3,923 23.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,889 23.6%
• Manufacturing 2,230 13.5%
• Public administration 1,867 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,792 10.9%
• Construction 938 5.7%
• Professional & business services 706 4.3%
• Financial activities 382 2.3%
• Other services 362 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 288 1.7%
• Information 105 0.6%

Home ownership

74.0%

+6.8 pp vs OH · 45th of 88

Median gross rent

$1,020

−$14 vs OH · 18th of 88

Owner-occupied

16,214

Renter-occupied

5,685

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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, $81,706/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,612/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 21,607 73.8%
• Democratic 7,397 25.3%
• Other / third-party 271 0.9%

• Spanish 513 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 74 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 72 0.1%
• Korean 41 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.0%

Households

21,899

Family households

14,838

67.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,628

31.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,338

9.0% of families

Veterans

3,279

7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,168 10.5%
• Mainline Protestant 3,865 6.6%
• Catholic 1,739 3.0%
• Black Protestant 202 0.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 175 0.3%

Health insured

94.2%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±0.9 pp

49th of 88

With a disability

14.3%

±0.9 pp

59th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

21.7%

±1.6 pp

−9.8 pp vs OH · 35th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.6%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Circleville

Traffic fatalities

16

33.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15