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Census Tract 242, Lorain, OH

4,689 Population
1 square miles 4,678 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lorain: 39.8 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,885 ±$4,745 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lorain: $27,589 ±$1,354
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lorain County: $40,798 ±$1,016
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
$53,179 ±$21,697 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lorain: $48,685 ±$3,757
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lorain County: $73,347 ±$1,501
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321

20.4% ±9.3% (957  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lorain: 25.2% † 16,295 (±2.6% / ±1,702)
  • 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)

28.8 minutes ±5.7 (48,725  ±14,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lorain: 24.9 640,335 (±1.2 / ±43,097)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lorain County: 25.4 3,301,580 (±0.6 / ±90,779)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

2,021 ±208 Number of households
  • Lorain: 27,460 ±718
  • Lorain County: 127,544 ±756
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.3 ±0.3 (4,670  ±791) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lorain: 2.4 64,786 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • a little less than the figure in Lorain County: 2.4 308,574 (±0 / ±247)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651

2.5% ±4.1% (26  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lorain: 6.4% † 946 (±1.8% / ±277)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lorain County: 6.5% † 4,427 (±0.8% / ±566)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)

Housing

2,165 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Lorain: 30,624 ±632
  • Lorain County: 136,548 ±129
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$181,300 ±$9,920 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lorain: $139,200 ±$7,319
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lorain County: $223,200 ±$3,747
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742

10.7% ±6.5% (501  ±316.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lorain: 9.8% † 6,345 (±1.5% / ±980.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lorain County: 9.1% 28,692 (±0.7% / ±2,067.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

84.1% ±10.2% (2,621  ±419.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lorain: 84.9% 37,532 (±2.9% / ±1,532.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lorain County: 91.9% 204,668 (±1.4% / ±3,165.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
17.9% ±5.7% (556  ±186.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lorain: 14.8% 6,553 (±1.2% / ±562)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lorain County: 28.5% 63,587 (±0.8% / ±1,709.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.9% ±5.4% (356  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lorain: 7.4% † 3,714 (±0.9% / ±474)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lorain County: 7.5% 18,512 (±0.4% / ±876)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
356 Total veterans ±178 340 Male ±177 16 Female ±27

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