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Amherst city, Lorain County, OH

12,906 Population
7.1 square miles 1,821.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,275 ±$5,631 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $40,798 ±$1,016
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,725 ±$10,755 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $73,347 ±$1,501
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±2.3% (786  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lorain County: 12.1% 37,264 (±0.7% / ±2,237)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±2.4 (150,205  ±19,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lorain County: 25.4 3,301,580 (±0.6 / ±90,779)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,830 ±230 Number of households
  • Lorain County: 127,544 ±756
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (12,769  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lorain County: 2.4 308,574 (±0 / ±247)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±1.9% (104  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lorain County: 6.5% † 4,427 (±0.8% / ±566)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,001 ±224 Number of housing units
  • Lorain County: 136,548 ±129
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,200 ±$12,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $223,200 ±$3,747
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±3.1% (1,184  ±398.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lorain County: 9.1% 28,692 (±0.7% / ±2,067.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±6.5% (8,878  ±700.3) 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)
31.4% ±4.9% (2,899  ±470.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lorain County: 28.5% 63,587 (±0.8% / ±1,709.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.8% ±1.9% (489  ±250) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lorain County: 3.1% 9,937
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±1.9% (846  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lorain County: 7.5% 18,512 (±0.4% / ±876)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
846 Total veterans ±188 738 Male ±175 108 Female ±69

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