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Oberlin city, Lorain County, OH

8,329 Population
4.9 square miles 1,691.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$32,995 ±$4,076 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
$81,308 ±$7,364 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $73,347 ±$1,501
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321

16.1% ±4% (892  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lorain County: 12.1% 37,264 (±0.7% / ±2,237)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)

16.9 minutes ±2.1 (53,250  ±8,420) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lorain County: 25.4 3,301,580 (±0.6 / ±90,779)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

2,457 ±242 Number of households
  • Lorain County: 127,544 ±756
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.3 ±0.2 (5,532  ±178) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lorain County: 2.4 308,574 (±0 / ±247)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651

1.6% ±1.6% (41  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lorain County: 6.5% † 4,427 (±0.8% / ±566)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)

Housing

2,728 ±260 Number of housing units
  • Lorain County: 136,548 ±129
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$225,600 ±$15,955 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lorain County: $223,200 ±$3,747
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742

21.9% ±3.3% (1,815  ±275.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lorain County: 9.1% 28,692 (±0.7% / ±2,067.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

96% ±8.4% (4,110  ±429.9) 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)
53.8% ±6.4% (2,304  ±304.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Lorain County: 28.5% 63,587 (±0.8% / ±1,709.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)

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

6.7% ±2.4% (554  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lorain County: 3.1% 9,937
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102

3% ±1.2% (223  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lorain County: 7.5% 18,512 (±0.4% / ±876)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
223 Total veterans ±88 167 Male ±71 56 Female ±47

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