Avon Lake vs Oberlin

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

Avon Lake and Oberlin 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 8,054 in Oberlin). Avon Lake has the higher median household income ($110,174 vs $73,775 in Oberlin). Avon Lake has the higher median home value ($337,200 vs $207,500 in Oberlin).

Population, income & housing

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
Population	25,456	8,054
Median age	43.7 yrs	24.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,174	$73,775
Median home value	$337,200	$207,500
Median gross rent	$1,500	$982
Housing units	10,884	2,635
Homeownership rate	82.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
Population	24,030 → 25,456 (+5.9%)	8,296 → 8,054 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$83,018 → $110,174 (+32.7%)	$50,509 → $73,775 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $337,200 (+31.5%)	$160,900 → $207,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,500 (+32.0%)	$833 → $982 (+17.9%)

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

Oberlin

Population

8,2968,054

Median household income

$50,509$73,775

Median home value

$160,900$207,500

Median gross rent

$833$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
Under 5	6.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	9.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	39.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.7%
75 and over	8.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	68.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	17.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
Drove alone	75.5%	45.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.4%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	30.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.7%
Worked from home	17.6%	11.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	76.0%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon Lake	Oberlin
Poverty rate	3.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1987	1968