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Counties in Ohio ranked

5.2%of income goes to home energy in Williams County, the highest of 88 Ohio counties

Warren County is lowest at 1.7%, a gap of 3.0 times. The median Ohio county sits at 3.5%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Ohio: DOE LEAD 2022.

Ohio county map

Ohio counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureJackson County: 5.1%Pickaway County: 3.2%Hardin County: 4.5%Wyandot County: 4.5%Paulding County: 3.9%Ross County: 3.6%Richland County: 3.6%Tuscarawas County: 3.0%Henry County: 4.1%Darke County: 3.9%Morgan County: 4.5%Shelby County: 3.1%Van Wert County: 3.8%Crawford County: 4.4%Guernsey County: 4.0%Geauga County: 2.1%Perry County: 3.8%Morrow County: 4.1%Putnam County: 3.4%Harrison County: 4.2%Seneca County: 4.0%Vinton County: 4.2%Fayette County: 3.2%Licking County: 2.8%Fulton County: 3.2%Lake County: 2.2%Stark County: 2.9%Cuyahoga County: 2.4%Franklin County: 2.3%Miami County: 2.9%Erie County: 2.8%Holmes County: 2.9%Highland County: 3.5%Clark County: 3.2%Fairfield County: 2.5%Warren County: 1.7%Clinton County: 3.1%Preble County: 3.5%Athens County: 3.7%Auglaize County: 3.8%Brown County: 3.0%Trumbull County: 3.1%Lorain County: 2.6%Wayne County: 2.5%Wood County: 2.4%Monroe County: 3.7%Williams County: 5.2%Lucas County: 2.9%Gallia County: 4.0%Clermont County: 2.1%Hocking County: 3.8%Huron County: 3.7%Coshocton County: 4.1%Belmont County: 4.0%Ashland County: 3.6%Jefferson County: 4.4%Adams County: 4.4%Madison County: 3.0%Mercer County: 3.1%Montgomery County: 2.5%Muskingum County: 3.6%Pike County: 3.8%Hamilton County: 2.1%Sandusky County: 3.2%Scioto County: 4.4%Butler County: 2.2%Carroll County: 3.8%Marion County: 3.6%Medina County: 2.3%Logan County: 3.9%Portage County: 2.6%Mahoning County: 3.2%Union County: 2.3%Columbiana County: 3.8%Washington County: 3.6%Meigs County: 4.4%Ashtabula County: 3.4%Lawrence County: 4.3%Greene County: 1.9%Ottawa County: 2.9%Hancock County: 3.0%Champaign County: 3.8%Delaware County: 1.8%Noble County: 4.0%Summit County: 2.4%Defiance County: 3.5%Knox County: 3.5%Allen County: 3.5%
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Ohio counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Ohio

Williams County leads Ohio on burden at 5.2% of income and Jackson County follows at 5.1%. For lower-income homes the top is Jackson County: 14.4% of income, against 9.9% in the median Ohio county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Ohio counties

  • Williams County5.2
  • Jackson County5.1
  • Wyandot County4.5
  • Morgan County4.5
  • Hardin County4.5
  • Crawford County4.4
  • Meigs County4.4
  • Scioto County4.4
  • Jefferson County4.4
  • Adams County4.4
  • Ohio median county3.5
Ohio counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in OhioShare of income (OH)Residents (OH)
Warren County1.7%246,364
Delaware County1.8%221,160
Greene County1.9%168,531
Clermont County2.1%209,862
Geauga County2.1%95,479

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Ohio

NOAA logged 93 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Vinton County from 2015 to 2025, 733 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Ohio. FEMA scores Franklin County highest at 98.1 (relatively high). In Ohio these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Ohio top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Ohioreports 2015-2025 (OH)Residents (OH)Rank (OH)
Vinton County73312,6861st
Morgan County60313,7582nd
Harrison County47914,4083rd
Clinton County46242,0144th
Noble County41414,2525th
Ohio top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Ohioscore 0-100 (OH)Residents (OH)Rank (OH)
Franklin County98.11,321,6351st
Cuyahoga County98.01,249,4182nd
Hamilton County96.3827,8783rd
Montgomery County92.7535,5284th
Lucas County92.4428,7485th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Ohio

Ottawa County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Ohio: 5.3 from 2015 to 2025, against 0.7 in the median Ohio county. Ottawa County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (2.1%, median county 0.4%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Ohio top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Ohioclaims 2015-2025 (OH)Residents (OH)Rank (OH)
Ottawa County5.340,1611st
Hancock County4.374,8852nd
Erie County3.274,9383rd
Washington County2.659,3184th
Allen County2.5101,6855th
Ohio top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Ohio% of homes insured (OH)Residents (OH)Rank (OH)
Ottawa County2.1%40,1611st
Hancock County1.4%74,8852nd
Erie County1.2%74,9383rd
Washington County1.2%59,3184th
Meigs County1.1%22,0725th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Ohio counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Ohio median. Most extreme: Ottawa County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 5.3 against a median of 0.7.

Ohio outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueOhio medianDeviations
Ottawa CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes5.30.7+11.7
Hancock CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes4.30.7+9.4
Ottawa CountyFlood insurance penetration2.1%0.4%+8.4
Erie CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes3.20.7+6.5
Vinton CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents733148+5.7
Washington CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes2.60.7+5.0
Hancock CountyFlood insurance penetration1.4%0.4%+5.0
Allen CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes2.50.7+4.7
Wyandot CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes2.40.7+4.4
Morgan CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents603148+4.4

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Ohio

Jefferson County has the oldest stock: 82% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Brown County at 59% of homes, and Delaware County lists 8 utilities, the most in Ohio.

Ohio top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Ohio% of homes (OH)Residents (OH)Rank (OH)
Jefferson County82%64,8551st
Cuyahoga County81%1,249,4182nd
Crawford County79%41,7673rd
Clark County77%135,4454th
Trumbull County77%201,3675th
Ohio top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Ohio% of homes (OH)Residents (OH)Rank (OH)
Brown County59%43,7101st
Adams County55%27,5102nd
Meigs County50%22,0723rd
Gallia County50%29,1624th
Jackson County49%32,5885th

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All 88 Ohio counties, sortable

88 Ohio counties, all measures
Adams County27,5104.4%11.7%27643.846%55%30.60.3%76
Allen County101,6853.5%9.6%5273.375%23%42.50.4%53
Ashland County52,2963.6%9.8%14246.364%23%50.30.4%74
Ashtabula County97,3433.4%8.8%16262.672%20%20.30.1%158
Athens County61,5733.7%10.7%21968.753%46%21.80.8%135
Auglaize County46,2093.8%11.2%13941.866%25%51.70.6%64
Belmont County65,9824.0%11.1%13575.272%30%21.70.4%89
Brown County43,7103.0%9.7%30762.648%59%30.80.4%134
Butler County389,9102.2%7.5%3391.552%39%40.50.5%130
Carroll County26,7313.8%10.7%34819.961%26%3no data0.4%93
Champaign County38,7723.8%11.2%16826.764%27%40.50.4%65
Clark County135,4453.2%9.0%9377.177%18%40.60.5%126
Clermont County209,8622.1%7.0%9177.943%49%21.00.4%191
Clinton County42,0143.1%9.7%46234.055%43%30.60.4%194
Columbiana County101,2033.8%10.9%15569.171%27%2no data0.2%157
Coshocton County36,6794.1%10.9%28949.166%27%50.50.3%106
Crawford County41,7674.4%11.2%14835.279%21%30.70.2%62
Cuyahoga County1,249,4182.4%9.4%2198.081%16%30.50.2%265
Darke County51,6553.9%10.1%16852.774%33%40.50.3%87
Defiance County38,2583.5%9.2%15241.971%27%30.50.2%58
Delaware County221,1601.8%10.2%5278.821%23%80.40.3%114
Erie County74,9382.8%9.4%9361.471%26%33.21.2%70
Fairfield County161,2892.5%9.3%6972.647%28%31.30.8%112
Fayette County28,8803.2%9.2%27725.967%42%30.50.2%80
Franklin County1,321,6352.3%9.3%1698.152%30%80.70.3%209
Fulton County42,4343.2%10.8%15133.663%17%20.50.3%64
Gallia County29,1624.0%11.3%26748.351%50%21.21.0%78
Geauga County95,4792.1%9.6%16260.355%19%20.40.2%155
Greene County168,5311.9%8.0%8075.757%31%30.40.7%135
Guernsey County38,2834.0%10.0%23237.563%28%20.50.4%89
Hamilton County827,8782.1%7.8%2696.373%35%21.50.3%212
Hancock County74,8853.0%9.1%10154.160%24%34.31.4%76
Hardin County30,5274.5%12.2%13124.467%24%4no data0.5%40
Harrison County14,4084.2%11.3%47911.465%26%31.00.4%69
Henry County27,5814.1%11.7%29033.870%19%30.80.4%80
Highland County43,4033.5%9.2%33443.251%48%3no data0.0%145
Hocking County27,9383.8%10.8%29047.348%39%22.30.8%81
Holmes County44,3122.9%7.4%13560.443%14%3no data0.3%60
Huron County58,4123.7%10.4%16650.368%26%4no data0.3%97
Jackson County32,5885.1%14.4%25235.854%49%21.80.4%82
Jefferson County64,8554.4%12.1%14866.782%28%20.90.5%96
Knox County62,8883.5%10.1%10861.059%19%50.60.5%68
Lake County232,1012.2%7.8%5077.464%15%20.60.5%115
Lawrence County57,3854.3%11.3%23471.059%42%21.40.9%134
Licking County180,3112.8%9.9%8878.952%22%61.20.6%159
Logan County46,1403.9%10.9%18053.258%24%40.70.9%83
Lorain County314,5882.6%9.4%4686.362%18%30.80.5%145
Lucas County428,7482.9%9.8%2592.473%21%10.70.6%106
Madison County44,1263.0%10.1%17724.957%27%50.60.3%78
Mahoning County227,0633.2%9.8%4083.676%15%10.40.1%90
Marion County65,1453.6%9.8%7761.174%24%41.40.7%50
Medina County183,0492.3%8.8%4969.047%18%40.40.3%89
Meigs County22,0724.4%12.1%27253.053%50%21.41.1%60
Mercer County42,4383.1%8.9%18131.657%27%41.50.3%77
Miami County109,5492.9%9.5%10261.465%27%40.20.7%112
Monroe County13,3083.7%10.9%32327.359%17%2no data0.3%43
Montgomery County535,5282.5%8.3%4592.774%31%40.30.5%239
Morgan County13,7584.5%11.8%60318.256%29%22.20.5%83
Morrow County35,2144.1%9.7%11124.452%24%3no data0.2%39
Muskingum County86,3823.6%10.3%16770.961%30%50.90.3%144
Noble County14,2524.0%12.7%41413.551%18%32.00.7%59
Ottawa County40,1612.9%10.1%17259.257%19%35.32.1%69
Paulding County18,8003.9%10.6%23421.268%38%21.30.6%44
Perry County35,4743.8%10.8%36426.053%30%41.00.6%129
Pickaway County59,4073.2%11.2%15050.953%26%30.70.3%89
Pike County27,0803.8%11.2%32143.148%49%40.60.6%87
Portage County161,4212.6%8.7%7665.156%22%20.20.4%123
Preble County40,8023.5%9.9%25243.363%37%3no data0.5%103
Putnam County34,3523.4%12.5%13132.961%31%50.80.8%45
Richland County125,1383.6%9.9%8261.374%22%5no data0.2%103
Ross County76,7483.6%10.1%14162.959%46%40.20.2%108
Sandusky County58,7703.2%9.8%10256.772%21%60.30.5%60
Scioto County73,1184.4%11.4%19170.267%40%40.80.7%140
Seneca County54,8614.0%11.0%13946.976%25%50.20.3%76
Shelby County48,0073.1%9.2%18156.259%28%30.40.7%87
Stark County373,7642.9%9.5%3187.972%16%40.40.2%114
Summit County538,0872.4%8.8%3291.269%13%50.60.4%170
Trumbull County201,3673.1%8.9%8484.577%12%30.40.4%169
Tuscarawas County92,5853.0%9.0%17369.063%22%50.80.5%160
Union County65,2932.3%10.7%9032.737%22%60.40.3%59
Van Wert County28,8243.8%10.1%31620.171%29%40.70.3%91
Vinton County12,6864.2%12.2%73311.848%41%2no data0.1%93
Warren County246,3641.7%7.2%8177.832%38%30.60.6%199
Washington County59,3183.6%9.8%15564.463%21%12.61.2%92
Wayne County116,6182.5%6.8%7764.958%19%50.50.3%90
Williams County36,8625.2%12.7%14644.467%24%2no data0.2%54
Wood County131,7952.4%8.6%6765.753%22%50.60.3%88
Wyandot County21,6994.5%13.0%10617.471%28%42.41.1%23

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Ohio: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Ohio sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (OH)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (OH)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (OH)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (OH)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (OH)20241 Oct 2026

Ohio LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Ohio county has the highest home energy burden?

Williams County: 5.2% of income, against 3.5% for the median Ohio county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Ohio county has the lowest energy burden?

Warren County at 1.7% of income.

How does Ohio compare with the whole country?

The median Ohio county has a burden of 3.5% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 88 Ohio counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Ohio?

Vinton County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 733 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Ohio county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Franklin County: 98.1, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Ohio?

Jefferson County: 82% of homes were built before 1980; the median Ohio county is at 61% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Ohio county relies most on electric heat?

Brown County: 59% of homes heat with electricity, against 26% in the median county.

Which Ohio county has the most flood claims per home?

Ottawa County: 5.3 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Ohio county has 0.7 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Ohio?

No: in Ohio they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Ohio households get help with bills?

See the Ohio help page. Highest burden: Williams County.

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5.2% of income goes to home energy in Williams County, the highest of 88 Ohio counties