Avon Lake vs Lorain

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

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

Lorain has the higher population (65,207 vs 25,456 in Avon Lake). Avon Lake has the higher median household income ($110,174 vs $45,799 in Lorain). Avon Lake has the higher median home value ($337,200 vs $123,500 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Avon Lake	Lorain
Population	25,456	65,207
Median age	43.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,174	$45,799
Median home value	$337,200	$123,500
Median gross rent	$1,500	$839
Housing units	10,884	30,456
Homeownership rate	82.2%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon Lake	Lorain
Population	24,030 → 25,456 (+5.9%)	63,801 → 65,207 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$83,018 → $110,174 (+32.7%)	$38,291 → $45,799 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $337,200 (+31.5%)	$87,300 → $123,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,500 (+32.0%)	$697 → $839 (+20.4%)

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

Lorain

Population

63,80165,207

Median household income

$38,291$45,799

Median home value

$87,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$697$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon Lake	Lorain
Under 5	6.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon Lake	Lorain
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	50.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon Lake	Lorain
No high school diploma	1.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	17.0%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon Lake	Lorain
Drove alone	75.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.6%	5.0%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon Lake	Lorain
1-unit, detached	76.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Avon Lake	Lorain
Poverty rate	3.9%	27.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1987	1961