Financial Literacy in Union County, Ohio

About 71,721 people live in Union County, Ohio. The population has grown 13.7% since 2020, a pace fast enough to reshape who lives there, from 63,090 to 71,721. The median age is 38.1.

39.1% of Union County residents 25 and older have completed a bachelor's degree or more. That runs 21.6 points above the Ohio average of 17.5%. Put the other way round: of the 44,491 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, roughly 27,095 — 60.9% — are building their financial lives without a four-year degree behind them.

The typical household here earns $109,506 a year. That is $45,756 above the Ohio median. About 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $306,600, roughly 2.8× median household income.

Union County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	71,721
Change since 2020	+13.7%
Median household income	$109,506
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	39.1%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	95.2%
Median age	38.1
Poverty rate	5.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%
Median home value	$306,600
Land area	431.711 sq mi
Population density	166 / sq mi

What Ohio teaches — and to whom

Ohio already requires 1 semester of personal finance for a high school diploma, a rule in force since the graduating class of 2026. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in Union County, is most of the people reading this.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.

Where to start in Union County

Know the newcomer paperwork

Union County has grown 13.7% since 2020. Fast in-migration means a lot of residents are navigating a new state's rules at once — registration and licensing deadlines, residency for tax purposes, and lease terms that differ from wherever they moved from.

Questions people ask about Union County

Do high school students in Union County, Ohio have to take a personal finance class?

Yes. Ohio requires 1 semester to graduate, in force since the class of 2026.

How many adults in Union County, Ohio have a college degree?

39.1% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 60.9% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Union County, Ohio?

$109,506, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Union County, Ohio learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.