Summit County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 394,826 73.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,635 2.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 73,927 13.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 23,323 4.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 28,528 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 294 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 61 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,270 0.4%

• Under 18 111,294 20.7%
• 18–24 42,897 8.0%
• 25–44 139,099 25.9%
• 45–64 139,967 26.0%
• 65 and over 104,607 19.4%

Median household income

$70,449

90% interval $67,260–$73,638

−$1,810 vs OH · 41st of 88

Below poverty line

13.3%

90% interval 12.0%–14.6%

+0.7 pp vs OH · 36th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$40.3B

4.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,328

Establishments

15,784

• Education & health services 67,834 26.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 55,354 21.3%
• Professional & business services 38,478 14.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 27,368 10.5%
• Manufacturing 26,155 10.1%
• Construction 13,223 5.1%
• Financial activities 12,495 4.8%
• Public administration 7,666 2.9%
• Other services 7,657 2.9%
• Information 3,039 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 608 0.2%
• Unclassified 13 0.0%

Home ownership

67.5%

+0.3 pp vs OH · 80th of 88

Median gross rent

$1,026

−$8 vs OH · 17th of 88

Owner-occupied

156,137

Renter-occupied

75,130

• 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, $101,931/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,408/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 145,005 53.0%
• Republican 125,910 46.1%
• Other / third-party 2,498 0.9%

• Spanish 7,241 1.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2,772 0.5%
• Chinese 2,565 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 1,759 0.3%
• Arabic 1,754 0.3%
• Vietnamese 973 0.2%
• Tagalog 764 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 721 0.1%
• Korean 577 0.1%

Households

231,267

Family households

138,939

60.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

34,844

25.1% of families

Single-mother families

15,573

11.2% of families

Veterans

25,976

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 104,629 19.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 96,070 17.8%
• Mainline Protestant 31,475 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,743 2.5%
• Black Protestant 9,832 1.8%
• Orthodox 4,314 0.8%

Health insured

94.4%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±0.4 pp

54th of 88

With a disability

14.2%

±0.4 pp

62nd of 88

Bachelor's or higher

35.8%

±0.7 pp

+4.3 pp vs OH · 11th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.8%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Summit 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

Akron

Traffic fatalities

37

8.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

37