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Amherst city, Lorain County, OH

12,796 Population
7.1 square miles 1,806.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,139 ±$7,200 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $39,638 ±$779
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$93,043 ±$12,542 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lorain County: $70,693 ±$1,173
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

4.5% ±1.9% (573  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Lorain County: 12.8% 39,114 (±0.7% / ±2,111)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

24.4 minutes ±3.2 (143,775  ±22,719) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lorain County: 25.4 3,311,235 (±0.5 / ±88,617)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

4,854 ±252 Number of households
  • Lorain County: 125,856 ±843
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.6 ±0.1 (12,655  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lorain County: 2.4 306,192 (±0 / ±277)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

3.7% ±2.6% (99  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lorain County: 7.1% † 4,757 (±0.7% / ±484)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

5,081 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Lorain County: 135,584 ±146
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$222,700 ±$9,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $207,200 ±$3,891
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

6.7% ±2.6% (851  ±334.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lorain County: 9.6% 29,685 (±0.7% / ±2,059.4)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

95.9% ±7.2% (8,803  ±736.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lorain County: 91.5% 201,474 (±1.5% / ±3,350.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
32.3% ±5.5% (2,962  ±516) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lorain County: 27.9% 61,447 (±0.8% / ±1,779.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

4.3% ±1.9% (547  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lorain County: 3% 9,540
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

8.1% ±1.3% (819  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lorain County: 7.7% 18,881 (±0.4% / ±954)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
819 Total veterans ±131 729 Male ±127 90 Female ±53

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