Elyria vs Lorain

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

Elyria 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 52,833 in Elyria). Elyria has the higher median household income ($53,204 vs $45,799 in Lorain). Elyria has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $123,500 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Elyria	Lorain
Population	52,833	65,207
Median age	39.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,204	$45,799
Median home value	$142,800	$123,500
Median gross rent	$859	$839
Housing units	25,383	30,456
Homeownership rate	60.1%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elyria	Lorain
Population	53,821 → 52,833 (-1.8%)	63,801 → 65,207 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$44,324 → $53,204 (+20.0%)	$38,291 → $45,799 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $142,800 (+44.1%)	$87,300 → $123,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $859 (+15.9%)	$697 → $839 (+20.4%)

Elyria

Population

53,82152,833

Median household income

$44,324$53,204

Median home value

$99,100$142,800

Median gross rent

$741$859

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)

	Elyria	Lorain
Under 5	6.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.0%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elyria	Lorain
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	50.3%
Black or African American	12.8%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elyria	Lorain
No high school diploma	12.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.0%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elyria	Lorain
Drove alone	80.6%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elyria	Lorain
1-unit, detached	63.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Elyria	Lorain
Poverty rate	17.5%	27.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1966	1961