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Census Tract 602, Lorain, OH

4,839 Population
5.3 square miles 911 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oberlin: 27.3 † ±4.6
  • about half the figure in Lorain County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$29,347 ±$4,183 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oberlin: $32,995 † ±$4,076
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lorain County: $40,798 ±$1,016
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
$91,544 ±$16,636 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oberlin: $81,308 ±$7,364
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lorain County: $73,347 ±$1,501
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321

16% ±6.6% (408  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Oberlin: 16.1% † 892 (±4% / ±225)
  • 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)

16.2 minutes ±1.7 (30,170  ±5,535) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Oberlin: 16.9 † 53,250 (±2.1 / ±8,420)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lorain County: 25.4 3,301,580 (±0.6 / ±90,779)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

1,208 ±189 Number of households
  • Oberlin: 2,457 ±242
  • Lorain County: 127,544 ±756
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.1 ±0.4 (2,537  ±327) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oberlin: 2.3 † 5,532 (±0.2 / ±178)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lorain County: 2.4 308,574 (±0 / ±247)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,360 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Oberlin: 2,728 ±260
  • Lorain County: 136,548 ±129
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$244,000 ±$22,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oberlin: $225,600 ±$15,955
  • 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

28.9% ±4.7% (1,400  ±242.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oberlin: 21.9% † 1,815 (±3.3% / ±275.1)
  • more than double the rate in Lorain County: 9.1% 28,692 (±0.7% / ±2,067.6)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

97.4% ±6.5% (1,957  ±286.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oberlin: 96% 4,110 (±8.4% / ±429.9)
  • 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)
60.8% ±7.9% (1,222  ±224.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oberlin: 53.8% † 2,304 (±6.4% / ±304.7)
  • more than double the rate in Lorain County: 28.5% 63,587 (±0.8% / ±1,709.4)
  • nearly double 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

6.8% ±2.9% (331  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Oberlin: 6.7% † 554 (±2.4% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in Lorain County: 3.1% 9,937
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102

2.4% ±1.5% (106  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oberlin: 3% † 223 (±1.2% / ±88)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lorain County: 7.5% 18,512 (±0.4% / ±876)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
106 Total veterans ±70 70 Male ±59 36 Female ±40

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