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Medina County, OH · SEO Services
SEO Services for Medina County's High-Income Market
Medina County is a high-income market, which shapes how SEO should be built here. GetPhound is a search engine optimization agency for small businesses: local landing pages for each city you serve, Google Maps and AI search work, flat monthly plans and no contracts. Below is the data behind the Medina County market.
The market in numbers
Medina County's Local Search Competition Index and What Sits Behind It
Local Search Competition Index
64.1/ 100
Ranked 416 of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and 182 of the 400 markets we cover. Higher means more local businesses competing for the same searches. How the index is built
We rate every U.S. county-equivalent with 20,000 or more residents on how many local-search businesses (such as the lawyers, dentists, contractors, restaurants, salons and agents that customers find on Google and the map) compete for its residents. Medina County scores 64.1, which is close to the middle of the pack.
What shapes SEO in Medina County is more than the score. It is a high-income county, and it is a county with many sizeable cities and towns. Eight measures below show where it stands among all counties.
- Headcount change since the 2020 Census +0.9% A faster pace than 50% of counties
- Median household income (2023 est.) $90,211 Higher than 88% of counties
- Businesses that live on Google and the map, per 10,000 residents 49.9 Busier than 65% of counties
- Change in those businesses, 2017 to 2022 +2.9% Behind on growth than 56% of counties
- Portion with under 5 employees 58.3% Fewer of them than 50% of counties
- How all employer locations changed, 2017 to 2022 +2.7% Behind on growth than 51% of counties
- Places with 2,500 or more residents 4 More named places than 73% of counties
- New homes permitted per 10,000 residents (2025) 23.4 Fewer new homes than 57% of counties
Every bar compares Medina County alongside all 1,822 U.S. counties with 20,000 or more residents. Source data: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, County Business Patterns (2017 and 2022), Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates and the Building Permits Survey.
The search picture
What Medina County's Higher Incomes Mean for Your Website
Medina County is an affluent market: median household income is $90,211, higher than 88% of U.S. counties. Customers with that kind of budget tend to research before they hire, so reviews, depth of content and a website that explains the work carry more weight than a single ranking. Search engine optimization here means being credible on every page a buyer might open.
Medina County has 184,042 residents, which ranks 373rd of 3,143 U.S. counties, and its population has changed +0.9% since the 2020 Census. Across all industries it has 4,089 employer locations, 22.2 per 1,000 residents.
No single place dominates Medina County: the largest, Brunswick, has about 19% of residents, and others include Medina (25,889), Wadsworth (24,709), Lodi (2,779) and Seville (2,366). Searchers use their own town's name, so each place is its own ranking opportunity.
49% of residents (90,096 people) live outside any incorporated place, so county-level and "near me" searches matter as much as city names.
Population by place
Medina County by Place: A Search Market for Each
Here is each place's population, taken from the Census Bureau's newest estimates. People search by town name, so each of these is a separate set of searches and a possible landing page for each service you offer.
| Place | Population (2023 est.) | Slice of the county |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | 35,072 | 19% |
| Medina | 25,889 | 14% |
| Wadsworth | 24,709 | 13% |
| Lodi | 2,779 | 2% |
| Seville | 2,366 | 1% |
| Westfield Center | 1,202 | 1% |
Data: Census Bureau Population Estimates. The list covers cities, towns and census-designated places; where a city runs into a neighboring county, only the part inside Medina County is counted.
Your competition
Who You Would Be Ranking Against in Medina County
Each local-search category's employer locations are divided by population and compared with the median county. Read 2.0x as double the businesses per resident of a typical county.
Line of businessLocationsCompared with a typical countyShift, 2017 to 2022Tiny locations (under 5 staff)
Beauty salonsMost contested 52 +8.3% 29
Landscaping services 102 -1.9% 72
General automotive repair 75 +11.9% 47
Roofing contractors 16 +33.3% 9
Real estate agents and brokersFastest growing 61 +45.2% 56
Dentists 67 +0% 19
Electrical contractors 54 +1.9% 36
Residential remodelers 69 +25.5% 53
Janitorial services 34 -5.6% 17
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors 70 +0% 38
Insurance agencies and brokerages 75 -12.8% 55
Law offices 57 +14% 41
Accounting and CPA firms 24 -25% 16
Full-service restaurants 104 -1.9% 20
Physicians officesLeast contested 58 -9.4% 27
Crowding = employer locations per 10,000 residents divided by the median U.S. county of 20,000+ residents (1.0x is typical; the dark tick marks it). Counts are establishments from County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), not a measure of search volume. How we calculate this
The beauty salons category is the most contested in Medina County: 52 locations, 1.8x the density of a typical county, and up 8.3% since 2017. Landscaping services (102 locations, 1.7x) and general automotive repair (75 locations, 1.6x) also run above a normal county. The physicians offices category is the least contested here at 0.8x typical (58 locations), so there are fewer rival pages for those searches.
Real estate agents and brokers grew fastest, up 45.2% since 2017 to 61 locations, so new rivals keep arriving there. Insurance agencies and brokerages went the other way, down 12.8% to 75 locations. The tiniest competitors are in real estate agents and brokers: 56 of 61 locations (92%) have fewer than five employees.
Keep this in mind: the table counts businesses, not searches. We have no search volumes or traffic for any keyword, and we do not claim any; crowding shows that more sites compete, not what results will be.
New construction
New Homes in Medina County: Below the 2022 Peak, Turning Up This Year
New homes authorized by building permits. Data: the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey (annual county files, with the year-to-date bars covering the same months in each year). Permits are authorizations, not completed homes.
Medina County authorized 717 housing units in 2022 and 430 in 2025, about 40% fewer; 2025 still works out to 23.4 units per 10,000 residents, less than in 57% of counties. For January through August, permits are running at 331 against 294 a year earlier (+12.6%).
The construction-linked categories already most contested in Medina County are landscaping services (1.7x typical) and real estate agents and brokers (1.3x typical). Since rankings build slowly, rising permits are a reason to start today, and falling permits are a reason to emphasize repair, replacement and service-specific pages.
Look-alike markets
Medina County Next to Its Closest Look-Alikes
These six counties are the nearest matches to Medina County in our 400-market set when we compare size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth together.
| Place | LSCI | People | Change since 2020 | Change in local-search businesses since 2017 | Locations under 5 staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina County, OH (you are here) | 64.1 | 184,042 | +0.9% | +2.9% | 58.3% |
| Middlesex County, CT | 67.4 | 164,759 | +0.3% | +3.2% | 59.8% |
| Saratoga County, NY | 61.7 | 238,711 | +1.4% | -1% | 57.3% |
| Porter County, IN | 63.5 | 175,335 | +1.2% | +4.2% | 56.1% |
| Washington County, PA | 65.2 | 210,232 | +0.4% | +1.3% | 59.4% |
| Livingston County, MI | 66.1 | 196,757 | +1.5% | +6.4% | 60.2% |
| Harford County, MD | 64.9 | 264,644 | +1.4% | +0.6% | 59.1% |
Look-alikes are the six counties in our 400-market set closest to this one on size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth. Sources are listed above.
Middlesex County, CT is the closest match, scoring 67.4 against Medina County's 64.1. The small-business mix differs too: 56.1% of Porter County, IN's locations have fewer than five employees, against 58.3% here. If you already do SEO in one of these markets, the comparison shows how alike the competition is, not what your results will be.
Try your own figures
An SEO Payback Calculator for Medina County Businesses
Your own numbers, not an average, decide if SEO pays off in Medina County. Put in your own figures to find the customers per month that cover a plan, and over the period you select.
The pieces of SEO
SEO Services for Medina County: Local SEO, Google Maps and AI Search
Google Maps optimization
We optimize the profile, build citations, post weekly, track rankings and manage reviews, so you appear in the map results when Medina County customers search nearby. About Map SEO.
Optimization for AI search
We organize your pages and business details so AI tools find clear, consistent facts. Nobody can guarantee an AI mention, but this makes one more likely.
Technical, on-page and content
Technical fixes, on-page work and written content that answers real customer questions, published monthly on every Organic Growth plan.
SEO services, an SEO agency, an SEO company, local SEO, organic search, search engine optimization: different words for the same work of getting Medina County businesses found on Google, Maps and AI search. You work with one account manager and see the figures each month. If you also want ads, we manage Google, Bing and Meta (Facebook and Instagram) as well.
How it works
How SEO Services Work in Medina County
Research first
We research your services, cities and competitors, audit your site end to end, and draft a six-month roadmap. It is covered by your monthly rate.
Build the pages
RankGuarantee™ creates a local landing page for every service in every city on your list, and your website gets on-page and technical fixes.
Google Maps, content, AI search
We work on your Google Business Profile, citations and reviews, add Strategic Content Assets, and format your pages so AI search can use them.
Measure, then grow
You get monthly reporting from Search Console and Analytics with your account manager, and we build more where the numbers show it will help.
Fees
SEO Plans and Pricing in Medina County
No plan has a setup fee or a contract. Onboarding comes with the monthly rate: keyword research, a website audit and a six-month strategy. Talk to our CEO about it.
FAQ
Medina County SEO Services: Your Questions Answered
How much do SEO services cost in Medina County?
Our fees are flat and monthly with nothing to sign and no setup fee: $495 for RankGuarantee™ landing pages, or $1,495, $2,495 or $3,495 for the Silver, Gold and Platinum Organic Growth plans. The Gold and Platinum plans add a fully managed, custom-built website.
How long does SEO take to work in Medina County?
Nobody can promise a date for SEO, since it builds gradually. How fast pages climb depends on how contested your category is, how strong your website and Google Business Profile are, and how much we can build. In Medina County, beauty salons is especially contested (1.8x a typical county), so expect that category to take longer. We plan in six-month cycles, with no contract, and report monthly.
Is Medina County a competitive market for SEO?
The densest category here is
About average. Medina County scores 64.1 on our Local Search Competition Index, ranking 416th of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and 182nd of the 400 markets we cover. Beauty salons, at 1.8 times the typical county. 58.3% of local-search locations are tiny, with fewer than five employees, and tiny shops often have thin websites to outrank. That argues for starting early: steady SEO tends to keep its position where fewer rivals are building.
Which local businesses compete for search in Medina County?
Across the fifteen categories we track, the largest by employer locations in Medina County are full-service restaurants (104), landscaping services (102) and insurance agencies and brokerages (75). Measured against a typical county, the most contested are beauty salons (1.8x) and landscaping services (1.7x). A big or crowded category does not decide whether SEO works for you; it only shows how many other sites you would share the results with.
Which cities in Medina County would you build pages for?
Whichever ones you cover. Medina County has 4 places of 2,500 or more residents, led by Brunswick, Medina, Wadsworth and Lodi. RankGuarantee™ builds local landing pages for each service in each city you serve (25 new pages a month on the $495 plan, 25 to 100 on Organic Growth), so the plan follows your service area, not the county line.
Do you do local SEO and Google Maps optimization?
Yes. All Organic Growth plans include Google Business Profile optimization, citations and review management, plus on-page and technical SEO, strategic content and AI search (GEO) work. Map results matter most for searches such as "near me", and most local categories in Medina County depend on them.
Does SEO help me show up in ChatGPT and Google's AI answers?
It can. We include AI search (GEO) optimization in our plans: clean, structured pages and consistent business information give AI tools more to draw on. No one can guarantee a mention in an AI answer, and we do not promise one, but the same work that earns rankings builds the content those tools use.
Do I need SEO, Google Ads, or both in Medina County?
Often both. Google Ads can send calls within days and costs per click; SEO takes longer but keeps working with no per-click charge. If you need leads now, start with ads (we manage Google Ads, Bing and Meta too) and build SEO as the asset that makes you less dependent on ads.
Am I locked into a contract, and what do I get each month?
There is no setup fee, and you can cancel anytime. Each month you get the keyword research, website audit and six-month strategy up front, then the pages and content in your tier, rank tracking, and a single account manager familiar with your Medina County business.
Next door
Serving Nearby Counties
For customers outside Medina County, here are the nearest counties, measured center to center:
- Summit County, OH: about 19 miles out, 535,733 people, competition index 64
- Wayne County, OH: roughly 20 miles from here, 116,510 residents, competition index 49.8
- Lorain County, OH: roughly 27 miles away, 317,910 people, Local Search Competition Index 47.1
- Ashland County, OH: roughly 27 miles from here, 52,190 residents, competition index 35.4
- Cuyahoga County, OH: roughly 34 miles from here, 1,233,088 residents, Local Search Competition Index 63
- Stark County, OH: around 35 miles away, 372,716 people, index score 59.1
Sources and method
The Data Behind This Medina County Page
Each number on this page is taken from public Census Bureau data, worked out identically for every county, so Medina County can be compared with any other market. We do not use client account data, and we do not publish search volumes, traffic or ranking results for GetPhound clients, since results differ by business.
- Last updatedOctober 16, 2026
- DataPopulation Estimates (2023), County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), income estimates from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program (2023), Building Permits Survey (2021 to 2026 year to date), Gazetteer files.
- MethodThe Local Search Competition Index and every other figure here are defined on the methodology page. See each market in the index.
- CorrectionsSpot an error? Email hello@getphound.com and we will check it against the Census source.
Contact Us
Ready to Grow Your Medina County Business With SEO?
Tell us what you sell and which parts of Medina County you serve. We will show you what an SEO plan looks like for your business. To book a strategy session with our CEO, call 610-825-4363 or email hello@getphound.com.