Avon Lake vs Elyria

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

Avon Lake 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 25,456 in Avon Lake). Avon Lake has the higher median household income ($110,174 vs $53,204 in Elyria). Avon Lake has the higher median home value ($337,200 vs $142,800 in Elyria).

Population, income & housing

	Avon Lake	Elyria
Population	25,456	52,833
Median age	43.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,174	$53,204
Median home value	$337,200	$142,800
Median gross rent	$1,500	$859
Housing units	10,884	25,383
Homeownership rate	82.2%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon Lake	Elyria
Population	24,030 → 25,456 (+5.9%)	53,821 → 52,833 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$83,018 → $110,174 (+32.7%)	$44,324 → $53,204 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $337,200 (+31.5%)	$99,100 → $142,800 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,500 (+32.0%)	$741 → $859 (+15.9%)

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

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)

	Avon Lake	Elyria
Under 5	6.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon Lake	Elyria
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	67.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon Lake	Elyria
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	17.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon Lake	Elyria
Drove alone	75.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.6%	5.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon Lake	Elyria
1-unit, detached	76.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	13.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Avon Lake	Elyria
Poverty rate	3.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1987	1966