Amherst vs Avon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and Avon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst and Avon Lake are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avon Lake has the higher population (25,456 vs 12,796 in Amherst). Avon Lake has the higher median household income ($110,174 vs $93,043 in Amherst). Avon Lake has the higher median home value ($337,200 vs $222,700 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Avon Lake
Population	12,796	25,456
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$110,174
Median home value	$222,700	$337,200
Median gross rent	$832	$1,500
Housing units	5,081	10,884
Homeownership rate	87.7%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	54.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Avon Lake
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	24,030 → 25,456 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$83,018 → $110,174 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$256,400 → $337,200 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$1,136 → $1,500 (+32.0%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

Avon Lake

Population

24,03025,456

Median household income

$83,018$110,174

Median home value

$256,400$337,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Avon Lake
Under 5	4.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.9%
75 and over	9.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Avon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Avon Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Avon Lake
Drove alone	79.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Avon Lake
1-unit, detached	87.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Avon Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1971	1987