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Lorain, OH

65,765 Population
23.6 square miles 2,785.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,401 ±$2,847 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: $43,506 ±$716
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,934 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,749 ±$7,578 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: $72,532 ±$1,261
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $72,212 ±$538
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±4% (11,706  ±2,614) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 12% 256,357 (±0.7% / ±13,952)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 12.7% 1,467,983 (±0.3% / ±33,353)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.9 minutes ±1.2 (640,335  ±43,097) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 24.2 21,622,590 (±0.2 / ±218,231)
  • a little 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

28,174 ±1,474 Number of households
  • the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 936,673 ±4,916
  • Ohio: 4,929,322 ±14,176
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (65,173  ±55) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 2.3 2,127,532 (±0 / ±535)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,586,466
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.4% ±6.1% (978  ±930) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 5.2% † 24,838 (±0.7% / ±3,346)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 138,576 (±0.3% / ±6,966)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,527 ±1,764 Number of housing units
  • the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 1,022,657 ±425
  • Ohio: 5,336,168 ±1,425
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$152,500 ±$9,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: $234,700 ±$3,306
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $239,800 ±$1,395
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.8% ±3% (7,053  ±1,989.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 10.9% 234,668 (±0.5% / ±11,259.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 11.8% 1,383,489 (±0.3% / ±29,556)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.9% ±7.7% (40,229  ±4,015.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 92.4% 1,440,466 (±1.2% / ±18,642.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 92.2% 7,607,705 (±0.5% / ±43,588.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
15.7% ±3.6% (7,262  ±1,686.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 34.8% 541,617 (±0.7% / ±11,491.1)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 32.4% 2,670,043 (±0.3% / ±24,912.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

1.6% ±1% (1,021  ±662) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 6.2% 134,999
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 654,793
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.8% (3,593  ±969) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area: 5.7% 98,685 (±0.3% / ±4,704)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.2% 572,074 (±0.1% / ±11,365)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,593 Total veterans ±969 3,500 Male ±962 93 Female ±96

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