Pay and cost of living in Portage County, OH
Across the 5 occupations we cover in Portage County, OH, the middle median salary is $37,600 a year. Pay runs from $28,690 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $98,340 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $69,650. Wages come from the Akron, OH survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Portage County, OH has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $952 a month and a two-bedroom $1,231. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,578 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $44,799 a year, and every one of the 5 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Portage County, OH
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Portage County, OH, set beside the Ohio and national medians.
Median household income in Portage County, OH is $75,766, 6% above the Ohio median of $71,389 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($11,424) equals 15.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $37,600, is 50% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Portage County, OH pay a median of $2,877 a year in real estate taxes, 2% above the Ohio median of $2,822. With a median home value of $227,000, 6% above the Ohio median of $214,800, the ratio of the two medians is 1.27% a year.
Renters in Portage County, OH pay a median gross rent of $1,064 a month in the Census survey, 3% above the Ohio median of $1,034. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $952; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Portage County, OH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.8 minutes each way, 6% above the Ohio average of 23.4. 14.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.