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Penfield township, Lorain County, OH

2,296 Population
21.6 square miles 106.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±13.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,063 ±$6,043 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lorain County: $40,798 ±$1,016
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$98,563 ±$23,500 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lorain County: $73,347 ±$1,501
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.6% ±14.2% (451  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lorain County: 12.1% 37,264 (±0.7% / ±2,237)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±5 (23,405  ±8,389) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lorain County: 25.4 3,301,580 (±0.6 / ±90,779)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

717 ±159 Number of households
  • Lorain County: 127,544 ±756
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.7 (2,296  ±693) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lorain County: 2.4 308,574 (±0 / ±247)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±3.2% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Lorain County: 6.5% † 4,427 (±0.8% / ±566)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

795 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Lorain County: 136,548 ±129
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$333,800 ±$31,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lorain County: $223,200 ±$3,747
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

95.5% ±34% (1,456  ±309.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lorain County: 91.9% 204,668 (±1.4% / ±3,165.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.5% ±7.1% (374  ±152.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lorain County: 28.5% 63,587 (±0.8% / ±1,709.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.7% ±1.6% (39  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lorain County: 3.1% 9,937
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±3.8% (130  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lorain County: 7.5% 18,512 (±0.4% / ±876)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
130 Total veterans ±71 103 Male ±61 27 Female ±41

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