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Census Tract 502, Lorain, OH

3,894 Population
1.9 square miles 2,088 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amherst: 42.8 ±2.1
  • a little less than the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$36,534 ±$3,851 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amherst: $44,275 † ±$5,631
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lorain County: $40,798 ±$1,016
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
$89,803 ±$14,024 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Amherst: $90,725 † ±$10,755
  • 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

4.3% ±2.7% (167  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Amherst: 6.2% † 786 (±2.3% / ±291)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lorain County: 12.1% 37,264 (±0.7% / ±2,237)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)

28.7 minutes ±4.4 (51,185  ±9,968) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Amherst: 25.4 150,205 (±2.4 / ±19,097)
  • 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

1,444 ±142 Number of households
  • Amherst: 4,830 ±230
  • Lorain County: 127,544 ±756
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.7 ±0.2 (3,877  ±446) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Amherst: 2.6 12,769 (±0.1 / ±66)
  • 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

6.6% ±5% (55  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Amherst: 3.9% † 104 (±1.9% / ±51)
  • about the same as the rate in Lorain County: 6.5% † 4,427 (±0.8% / ±566)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)

Housing

1,515 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Amherst: 5,001 ±224
  • Lorain County: 136,548 ±129
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$219,800 ±$16,272 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Amherst: $239,200 ±$12,089
  • about the same as the amount in Lorain County: $223,200 ±$3,747
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742

7.2% ±5.2% (277  ±203.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Amherst: 9.3% † 1,184 (±3.1% / ±398.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lorain County: 9.1% 28,692 (±0.7% / ±2,067.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

96.5% ±6.6% (2,490  ±297.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Amherst: 96.2% 8,878 (±6.5% / ±700.3)
  • 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)
27.1% ±5.1% (700  ±149.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Amherst: 31.4% † 2,899 (±4.9% / ±470.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Lorain County: 28.5% 63,587 (±0.8% / ±1,709.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.4% ±1.8% (92  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Amherst: 3.8% † 489 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lorain County: 3.1% 9,937
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102

10.7% ±3.2% (309  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Amherst: 8.4% † 846 (±1.9% / ±188)
  • about 1.4 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)
309 Total veterans ±98 281 Male ±96 28 Female ±33

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