Amherst vs Elyria

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

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

Elyria has the higher population (52,833 vs 12,796 in Amherst). Amherst has the higher median household income ($93,043 vs $53,204 in Elyria). Amherst has the higher median home value ($222,700 vs $142,800 in Elyria).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Elyria
Population	12,796	52,833
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$53,204
Median home value	$222,700	$142,800
Median gross rent	$832	$859
Housing units	5,081	25,383
Homeownership rate	87.7%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Elyria
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	53,821 → 52,833 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$44,324 → $53,204 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$99,100 → $142,800 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$741 → $859 (+15.9%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

Elyria

Population

53,82152,833

Median household income

$44,324$53,204

Median home value

$99,100$142,800

Median gross rent

$741$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Elyria
Under 5	4.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.8%
75 and over	9.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Elyria
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	67.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Elyria
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Elyria
Drove alone	79.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Elyria
1-unit, detached	87.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	13.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Elyria
Poverty rate	4.5%	17.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1971	1966