Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Lorain County, OH

317,910 Population
490.5 square miles 648.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

42.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,366 ±$2,277 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$75,461 ±$3,098 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.6% ±1.6% (32,762  ±5,028) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.4 minutes ±0.8 (3,386,650  ±150,512) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.5 117,693,450 (±0.2 / ±1,002,392)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

128,887 ±1,779 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (309,460  ±233) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.3 11,489,821
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.7% ±1.7% (3,872  ±1,154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

137,570 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$223,800 ±$9,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.9% ±1.1% (27,836  ±3,474.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.4% ±3.1% (206,922  ±6,949.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.4% ±1.8% (65,883  ±4,003) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% (10,771  ±2,033) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.3% 621,863
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.6% ±0.9% (21,517  ±2,272) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
21,517 Total veterans ±2,272 19,918 Male ±2,207 1,599 Female ±546

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.